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Iran Suspends Google's Email Service

Posted by timothy on from the single-payer-system dept.

appl_iran writes "Iran's telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google's email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email service." From the short WSJ article that is kernel of this Reuters story: "An Iranian official said the measure was meant to boost local development of Internet technology and to build trust between people and the government." Funny way to go about that. Updated 20100211 9:54GMT by timothy: Original link swapped for a more appropriate, updated one.

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  1. Re:China lead the way. by the_povinator · · Score: 5, Funny

    This storyline sucks because it has no moral ambiguity in it.

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  2. It's good... by djKing · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm glad the Iranian Government will be able to trust their people with this exciting new tech.

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  3. I've seen the Beta! by e2d2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've seen the Beta. It's actually quite like Google wave where you can edit another's words in real time. And by you I mean government agents.

  4. Re:frist by zill · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're were in Iran you would have been stoned to death already.

    I'm pretty sure the Great Prophet Muhammad explicitly forbade trolling.

  5. Re:Run own server? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    can you run your own email server in Iran without getting shot at?

    Do not worry, Infidel! We have tracked your IP address! The Imperial Guard is on their way, as I write this! Death to you, and may Allah have mercy on your soul!

    Thanks,
    The Iranian Minister of Information

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  6. Re:China lead the way. by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, yeah... well how would you feel if you were a country that was just trying to provide the most wholesome kind of social system possible (as laid out by God himself!), and all your people were using the internet for was bad-mouthing your attempts to fight the righteous battle against the vile corruption from the West that was threatening to engulf your poor country? You wouldn't feel so good then, would you?

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  7. Re:frist by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're were in Iran you would have been stoned to death already.

    Thanks to the medical pot laws, you can do the same in California.

  8. Uncivilized savages? by copponex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tell me, are these the sort of people who would force you to change your way of life using violence? BEING AN AMERICAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING IN A SOCIETY LIKE THAT.

    Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to run to a closed door military conference deciding the fate of Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and a smattering of Latin American countries. It's a good thing we know how to save their poor, wretched souls from their own savagery, isn't it?

    PS Do not confuse this with something a conquistador or nazi or British imperialist would say. It's totally different!

  9. Re:China lead the way. by DarkofPeace · · Score: 3, Funny

    I also tried to put myself into the shoes of an Iranian fundamentalist,but I got frustrated and decided to throw those shoes at someone.