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                Date: 2001-11-05
                 
                 
                Wie Saudis die Zensur umgehen
                
                 
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      Auch wenn die Scharia um die Ecke lauert, blüht das  
Dienstleistungsgeschäft mit nichtzensoriertem Internet-Zugang in  
Saudi-Arabien. 
 
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Enterprising computer experts in Saudi Arabia are making money  
by evading the tight censorship controls on the internet, according  
to the local Saudi newspaper, Arab News.  
 
The Saudi Government has tried with limited success to stop its  
citizens from accessing pornographic and political controversial  
websites. 
 
[...] 
 According to Arab News, every computer centre in Riyadh has  
hackers on hand who can offer to gain access to pornographic  
material or people's private email accounts.  
 
The paper said the hackers charge between $30 to $70 a time for  
providing access to restricted websites. T 
 
[...] 
The authorities set up a monitoring system in Riyadh under the  
name of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.  
Government officials say they have a moral public duty to protect  
Saudi web surfers from what is called "undesirable material".  
 
[...] 
 
Many relatively wealthy Saudis make up for the lack of recreation  
here by spending hours online. Often they dial up a server in a  
neighbouring country or even in the US, so as to join in a free- 
speaking Arabic language chatroom, or else simply to download  
banned material at home. The Saudi authorities appear powerless  
to stop those determined to evade the system of controls. But the  
Arab News reported that the government does plan to introduce  
punishments for computer crime as part of a general law governing  
the use of the internet. 
 
Full text 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1636000/1636789.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1636000/1636789.stm
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 2001-11-05 
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