Facebook Messenger blocked in Saudi Arabia
You might have guessed it the instant the nation named was in the headline. A very strict and imperialistic regime in Saudi Arabia can induce any circumstances whether foreseen or unexpected.
It isn't clear why the functions have been banned, but after getting to know about local reports, they have now claimed that the move is an attempt to protect their traditional telecom operators. Saudi Arabia which had already blocked features of most chat apps, has now decided to impose the block on Facebook's Messenger application.
The app's video and voice chat functionsnow can't be used in the country because of regulations that have been now imposed in the Islamic nation. Seems like according to the local reports, it's now speculated that it is a way of protecting the revenues of traditional telecom companies. Pretty much shitty move I must say.
Video and voice calling continuously allowed people to call over the internet rather than phone networks in a way of avoiding the expenses that can often come with calling through user sim-cards for a longer period of time. Internet calling over WhatsApp and Viber were already blocked in the nation long time back. Similar apps including Messenger and Line are still available in the country. The service for Messenger by Facebook has been now banned due in failure to "comply with regulations" an official told local news services. It threatened the tele networking carrier businesses so much that any other app that also fails to comply with those regulations will also be banned. "Appropriate action will be taken against applications or services that do not comply with the regulations," a spokesman at the commission told the local news reporters.
