Saudi Arabia has currently blocked the access to Facebook in the country as the authorities explain that it doesn't obey much respect to the country's moral values.
A spokesman quoted about the website's content having "crossed a line,” as Facebook was blocked by Saudi Arabia's Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC), which is claimed to be a temporary measure at the moment. Furthermore, the spokesman emphasized on the state affairs of Saudi Arabia, that it follows a strict version of Islam and explained that this block coming right before the Hajj pilgrimage followed by the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year celebration, might not be a co incidence.
It was this Saturday, when the block was imposed and all those, trying to access Facebook encountered rather an error message. However, the practice of complicated methods, such as tunneling and proxies, might dodge this imposed block.
This Facebook's challenge over moral concerns is praiseworthy, as seen in the past as well; the firm has blatantly disregarded for the privacy of its users. Pakistan and Bangladesh are among the countries which imposed same such blocks on Facebook, earlier this year. Even though these were soon lifted, it is anticipated that Facebook shall make some compromises to Saudi Arabia's CITC enabling it to be able to keep on making profits from perhaps the richest country of entire Middle East.
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