Saudi Arabia to regulate BlackBerry Messenger for ‘security’

The Saudi Arabia's Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) wants to monitor messages on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for ‘security' reasons, reports ITP.net.

The source, who wishes to remain anonymous, says the decision was taken because of security concerns that terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda were using the free messaging service available to all BlackBerry smartphone users to communicate secretly.

It was recently reported by Arab press that the CITC asked Canada-based Research in Motion to allow them to monitor messages on the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) network and threatened to shut down the service for non-compliance.

[via Cellular News]

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