CITC issued a statement on its website, said regulators will take action against any other service or application, "if they do not comply with regulatory requirements, rules are in effect the Kingdom."
Those who tried to use the application were met with messages like “No Service” and “Blocked”.
Saudi Authorities had previously imposed a compulsion
on local operators to provide method of censorship and monitoring of
online messaging and video chatting applications like Skype, Viber and
Whatsapp on the grounds that these applications were being used for
profane, blasphemous language and indecent video chat. The local
operator had been ordered to ask the service providers to provide the
censorship measures.
This action will
severely affect the immigrants in Saudi Arabia who find it very cheap
and affordable to talk to their loved ones via online chatting and
calling services and it would be a serious blow to their pockets.
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