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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:32:41 -0500
To: Matthew Gaylor <<a href="mailto:freematt@coil.com">freematt@coil.com</a>>
From: Matthew Gaylor <<a href="mailto:freematt@coil.com">freematt@coil.com</a>>
Subject: Saudis pay to surf censored sites
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Saudis pay to surf censored sites
By the BBC's Middle East correspondent Frank Gardner in Saudi Arabia
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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.
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The Saudi Government has tried with limited success to stop its citizens
from accessing pornographic and political controversial websites. But where
there is a will there is a way, and there is no shortage of people willing
to pay to log onto forbidden websites. It could be porn, it could be
politics, but whatever is banned here in this conservative Muslim country is
available somewhere - for a price. 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.
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New phenomenon
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The paper said the hackers charge between $30 to $70 a time for providing
access to restricted websites. The internet is a relatively new phenomenon
here in Saudi Arabia. It was only introduced in the late 1990s under strict
government control...
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