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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. Normal by BCW2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Totalitarian governments are afraid of anything they can't control.
    Gee, compares nicely with Obama's attitude towards Fox and the Internet doesn't it?

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  2. Re:China lead the way. by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >>>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, and all your people were using the internet for was bad-mouthing your attempts
    >>>

    Please.

    We're discussing Iran, not Barak Obama's healthcare bill

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