15 November 2010
JEDDAH: The Kingdom's IT regulatory body, the Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC), denied rumors that Facebook had been blocked in the Kingdom on Saturday morning.

Unable to access the site, many users complained it had been blocked by the government. The Associated Press also quoted an anonymous CITC spokesperson that the social network site had been blocked due to "moral concerns."

However, CITC spokesman Sultan Malik said the problem was an "accidental" glitch in some parts of the Kingdom.

"The Facebook blockage was an accidental error which affected some parts of the Kingdom and it resumed its normal operation soon after it was fixed. There are no changes to Facebook in the Kingdom; the site will operate as usual," he added.

By AMBER SHAHID

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