Saudi Arabia Internet Access

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  Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Spying for Saudi Arabia, Accessing Private User Data

  Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo has been convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia, after he failed to register as an agent and accessed private data on users critical of the kingdom’s government. The FBI’s complaint had alleged that Abouammo and Saudi citizens Ali Alzabarah and Ahmed Al-Mutairi used their positions to access confidential Twi...

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  Al Jazeera Network Says It Combated Cyberattack Aimed at ‘Accessing, Disrupting, Controlling’ News Platforms

  Al Jazeera said it was subjected to continual hacking attempts over recent days but the cyberattack on Qatar's flagship broadcaster had been fended off.

• Father of Web says China will dismantle 'great firewall'

  China's rulers will ultimately take it upon themselves to dismantle the "great firewall" that limits its people's access to the Internet because doing so will boost China's economy, the inventor of the World Wide Web said.

• Saudi Arabia cuts access to Viber messenger app

  Saudi Arabia shut down Internet messenger application Viber on Wednesday for failing to comply with unspecified regulations, its telecom regulator said.

• WhatsApp, Viber and Skype could be banned in this country

  Internet messenger applications such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp face being banned in Saudi Arabia if operators fail to allow authorities in the kingdom to censor them, industry sources said on Monday.

• Singham effect: File sharing sites blocked

  What is it about July and the government's interest in the Internet? Five years ago this month, India did what China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan had done before it by ordering Internet Service Providers to block access to a number of blogs.