Saudi Arabia to Require Licenses for Bloggers

American journalists and bloggers might often complain about the lack of order to the Web, but feel lucky we don’t have to sign up for a government license just to express our opinions online. That’s what Saudi Arabian bloggers will soon have to do, reports TechCrunch.

Saudi Information and Culture Ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman Al-Hazza announced that bloggers, web publishers and other online media will need to register with the government, if they want to publish online.

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