Bahrain
Internet Access
Bahrain continues to block a large number of local oppositional websites. The Kingdom also blocks social content such as sex and nudity and Internet tools such as anonymizers and privacy protection services. It also blocks regional websites in the conflict and security theme such as those affiliated with Hezbollah, a group that sympathizes with local opposition actors. Bahrain employs a central filtering system using commercial filtering technology provided by the Canadian company Netsweeper, Inc.
