Monday, July 23, 2007

Saudi Arabia plans to punish anyone using 3G cellphones for immoral purposes

They may have legalized cameraphones last month, but the kingdom of Saudi Arabia would like to remind everyone that they definitely will be punishing anyone using 3G cellphones for immoral purposes. They don't actually have any 3G service in the country yet, but they just awarded the first license for it to a wireless carrier there, and the government would like to make it abundantly clear that when service launches next year the same content filtering rules apply that apply to Saudi ISPs also apply to 3G cellphones (i.e. that you won't be downloading porn clips or any of that).

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