Algeria bans Facebook and Twitter in an attempt to stop people cheating on exams

To stop cheating in upcoming school exams,Algeria
has temporarily blocked Facebook and some other
social media networks . The country has taken the
decision to cut off access to social networks after
papers and exam questions were leaked online. The
government said that it had taken the decision so
that people would no longer be able to share leaked
papers.


In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Post and
Information and Communication Technology said that
the "cut of social networks has a direct relationship
with the matriculation exams" which begin on
Sunday.
It added that all other parts of the internet were not
affected.