Saudi Arabia Temporarily Blocks Facebook

In a confusing case of censorship, Saudi Arabia blocked and unblocked access to Facebook… within the same day.

Earlier this morning, Associated Press reported that Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission had banned Facebook over “moral concerns.” The ban, however, had been said to be “temporary.” So temporary, it looks like, that a few hours later the same (unidentified) official said that the ban had been lifted. No specific reasons were given for either the blocking or the unblocking.