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Iran Continues to Censor Internet Communications

Posted by timothy on from the raise-your-stump-to-object dept.

eldawg writes "Iran has recently been in the news after electing a 'hardliner' president. But even previous 'liberal' Iranian governments have been putting together a sophisticated Internet filtering system to prevent their citizens from visiting 'questionable' websites and censoring dissent. An earlier posting at Slashdot outlined the crackdown on blogs, chat rooms and email communications. A more recent research paper from the OpenNet Initiative provides an update on the censoring activity in Iran. Reports indicate that the Iranian authorities are specifically targetting 'content in the local Farsi language using a filterning second only to China.' We know Cisco has played a large role in bulding the 'Great Firewall of China' but is the Iranian initiative homegrown?"

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  1. This just in! by thetzar · · Score: 0, Troll

    Abraham Lincoln Still Dead!

    Movie at 11.

  2. you're fscking imperialists by josephgrossberg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh just shut up and respect their culture!

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    Joe
    http://www.joegrossberg.com
  3. from the.... by KillShill · · Score: 0, Troll

    imperialist, terrorist warmongers dept.

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    Science : Proprietary , Knowledge : Open Source
  4. Re:Come down off that high horse before you get hu by Danathar · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you hate the U.S. gov so much why do you stay? There are countries with govs and people that agree with your appraisal, I'm sure they would accept your request for amnesty.

    Seriously...I have no problem with you believing what you want. But why stay if things are as bad as you believe them to be?

  5. Re:Come down off that high horse before you get hu by DrSoCold · · Score: 0, Troll

    I shall try to stay professional........I failed. ...Anonymous you are full of shit.

  6. Re:Come down off that high horse before you get hu by Danathar · · Score: 0, Troll

    I see..you are the type of person who gets all frothy round the mouth like a dog with rabies when somebody questions your motives or thoughts.

    I have no problem with people complaining. But it seems democratic participation (my opinion) includes putting forth REALISTIC answers other than just complaining about what's wrong.

    I deal with people like that all the time...and you are one of them.. always quick to point out what does not work but NEVER for once offering a usable solution.

    So unless you have a realistic solution nobody is going to care about what you think is wrong.