Algeria temporarily blocks social network sites (facebook and Twitter)

Algeria temporarily blocked access to social networks to prevent cheating after leaked papers forced hundred of thousands of students to resit high school final exams.

Facebook and Twitter have been blocked since late Saturday and are to remain inaccessible to millions of Algerians until after the last test on Thursday, a telecom source told AFP.

The decision “is directly linked to the baccalaureate” and aimed at “protecting students from falling prey to fake questions” posted online, the source said.