[IH8Rice]

first the U.A.E. announced, then Saudi Arabia did it first....i wonder what Obama will do when he visits there

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia is ordering its mobile operators to halt BlackBerry services throughout the kingdom this week, heightening tensions between device maker Research in Motion Ltd. and governments demanding greater access to data sent on the phones.
The Saudi state news agency SPA said in a report late Tuesday that the country's telecom regulator has informed mobile service providers in the country that they must halt BlackBerry services starting Friday.
The regulator, known as the Communications and Information Technology Commission, couldn't immediately be reached for comment to provide details of the ban or say how it would be enforced.
It said the suspension of service was being implemented because BlackBerry service "in its present state does not meet regulatory requirements," according to the SPA report.

U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley called the UAE's action "a move in the wrong direction."
"It's not about a Canadian company. It's about what we think is an important element of democracy, human rights, and freedom of information and the flow of information in the 21st century," Crowley told reporters Monday

ugh, STFU




http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100803/ap_on_hi_te/ml_tec_emirates_blackberry;_ylt=ApDxk_HAKyH0iL_.dawWnAis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNnQ4ZWNjBHBvcwM5OARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX2J1c2luZXNzBHNsawNzYXVkaWFyYWJpYW8-

 

[rockofullr]

Totalitarian states trying to controll comunication and information?

[DarthVaderVoice] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! [DarthVaderVoice]

 

[MMike]