Saudi Arabia blocks 68 pct of 900,000 violated internet links in 2016

Saudi communication and IT authority revealed on Monday that 68 percent of 900,000 violated internet links were blocked last year, Al Arabiya local news reported.

It said 92 percent of those links were porn and more than 1,300 linked were with abusive nature against children. The authority also interacted with content providers to deal with 52,000 links to prevent the availability of porn contents to internet users in Saudi Arabia.

Since 2008, the authority have dealt with 5.5 million internet links, of which 91.4 percent were porn. The authority calls upon the public to report porn contents on the internet, especially those involving children and use its newly introduced filtering system. Endit