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IMAGINE if your government blocked you from sending/receiving text messages & email on your BLACKBERRY because it couldn’t monitor your communications!

A top executive of Research In Motion, the Canadian company that makes BlackBerry smartphones, said on Tuesday that his company would not give in to pressure from foreign governments to provide access to its customers’ messages…

On Tuesday Saudi Arabia ordered local cellphone providers to halt BlackBerry service, saying it failed to meet the country’s regulatory requirements…Similarly, the United Arab Emirates announced on Sunday that it would block BlackBerry e-mail and text-messaging services beginning in October.  

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Story by JENNA WORTHAM

VIA. NY TIMES