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The floodgates are open, and another country has washed in -- though unlike Saudi Arabia, India and the UAE, this one's not threatening a BlackBerry messaging ... ban... yet. Kuwait has publicly announced that it has requested RIM to deal with "moral and security concerns" -- namely, blocking pornographic websites -- and that RIM has requested four months to comply. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's deadline-driven local server tests are reportedly continuing apace; three servers, one for each national cellular carrier, must "meet the regulatory demands" of the country by Monday.

Kuwait wants RIM to filter BlackBerry traffic, Saudi Arabia testing three servers originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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