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Iran Cracks Down on Internet Sites

Posted by michael on from the no-blog-for-you dept.

Dan Brickley writes "It appears that Iranian ISPs have been ordered to block a large number of popular Web sites, including weblogging, community, chat and email services. Web (particularly weblog) use has been increasing rapidly in Iran, with 64000+ weblogs published by Iranians via various sites. As of today, if the news is correct, the majority of these may be inaccessible to their authors, as will the email (eg. Yahoo) services they use to communicate with friends, colleagues and family worldwide. See stop.censoring.us and hoder.com for more details. The newly expanded blocks include PersianBlog, Blogger and the Google-hosted Orkut 'social networking' site, where Iranians come third after Brazil and USA, representing 7% of all users. How can we get our Iranian friends back in the Web?"

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  1. How? by Ann+Elk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Invade.

  2. Re:How can we get them back on the web? by JudgeFurious · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, that's it asshats, Troll the guy who says it like it is.

    Simplistic fucktard moderators with their high and mighty mod points. Can't answer with a post because I'm fucking right, have to answer with their temporary 5 points of power.

    Bring it butt monkeys, mod me to oblivion if you want. I eat this kind of shit up for breakfast!

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  3. now if their isps can block outgoing port 25 by Indy1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    fucking iranian isps are massive spam sewers. Fortunately their net backbone is small enough that they cant do the level of damage that china or korea can as far as spam goes.

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  4. Re:This is a good topical lesson for Slashdot read by rmassa · · Score: 1, Troll

    Here's a flame:

    You know its logic like yours that I don't understand.

    You complain at repressions US citizens suffer... take a look at $wherever, there its much worse.

    You complain about lack of freedom of speech, well in $wherever, you'd be killed for expressing dissent.

    or...

    You're complaining about working at walmart? People in $wherever would kill to have a job like that.

    You had to stand outside in the rain until 4am to vote? Well in $wherever you can't even vote, so be thankful.

    Just because there's someplace that's worse isn't an excuse to not strive to make things better here.