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Google to moderate e-dialogue
The initiative, which is being launched by the King Abdul Aziz Centre for National Dialogue, is the first of its kind in the kingdom
- By Jumana Al Tamimi, Associate Editor
- Published: 00:00 November 25, 2011
Dubai: After launching cyber-interaction initiatives between citizens and high-ranking figures in both Egypt and Tunis, Google will be moderating the ‘Kingdom's Dialogue' in Saudi Arabia starting from next Monday.
The initiative, which is being launched by the King Abdul Aziz Centre for National Dialogue, is the first of its kind in the kingdom.
Interested people will post their questions on the web page of the ‘Kingdom's Dialogue'. The most popular questions will be forwarded to the first ‘guest' Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Al Saud, the Kingdom's Minister of Education.
By Thursday's morning, 2,329 people had submitted 2,128 questions with 17,702 votes having been cast.
The top 15 questions will be answered by the minister.
Google, which moderated previous dialogues over the internet — four in Egypt and one in Tunisia — in the last few months, has no office in Saudi Arabia and is discussing the establishment of one.
Officials at the global internet giant are encouraged by the size of the Saudi market, and by the overwhelming response to their live coverage of prayers in Makkah during Ramadan.
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