Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)
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Communications and Information Technology Commission, CITC (Arabic: هيئة الاتصالات و تقنية المعلومات, Hai'at al-Itisalat wa Taqniat al-Ma`lumat) is the Saudi communications authority. It was first established under the name of Saudi Communications Commission in accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers. The name was changed after the Commission was assigned new tasks related to information technology. Since October 2006, CITC has been handling the DNS structure and filtering in Saudi Arabia in the place of KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology).[1]
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Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission is responsible for regulating the internet and for hosting a firewall which blocks access to thousands of websites, mainly due to sexual and political content. Access to Megaupload has been intermittently blocked by the internet authorities in Saudi Arabia. This information is current as of May 23, 2010.[citation needed]
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