It’s not clear why, but it would seem that Twitter’s newly launched service,Twitter for Newsroomshas been blocked in the UAE.
We can’t see the logic behind the move, seeing as Twitter is freely available in the UAE, and blocking a service which aims to enhance the experience seems counterproductive.
Whether this is an inadvertent block, similar to the one that got Tumblr temporarily blocked inKuwaitis not clear. Only time will tell.
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Lesotho-born and raised, Nancy Messieh, The Next Web’s Middle East Editor, is an Egyptian writer and photographer based in Cairo, Egypt. Fol(show all)Lesotho-born and raised, Nancy Messieh, The Next Web’s Middle East Editor, is an Egyptian writer and photographer based in Cairo, Egypt. Follow her onTwitter,her siteorGoogle+or get in touch at nancy@thenextweb.com
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