Local content Filtering Procedure

All  incoming Web traffic to the Kingdom passes through a proxy farm system implementing a content filtering software.   A list of addresses for banned sites is maintained by this filtering system.  This list is updated daily based on the content filtering policy.

A list of pornographic sites is provided  periodically by the filtering software provider.  However, this list is not comprehensive due to the high proliferation and diversity of pornographic sites. 

Therefore, KACST maintains a web-based form that users can fill-out to report sites they feel should be blocked.  Hundreds of requests are received daily.

A team of full-time employees at KACST study these requests and implement them only if justified.  As for non-pornographic sites, KACST receives orders to block them from related government bodies (refer to content of filtering policy).

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