Iran's Web Censorship Filters Supreme Leader's Own Statement

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:52AM from the my-sympathy-is-bounded dept.

halfEvilTech writes "Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's own words have now become a victim of Iran's massive online censorship infrastructure. Khamenei, according to a translation by RFE, replied [to a question about the censorship laws themselves]: 'In general, the use of antifiltering software is subject to the laws and regulations of the Islamic republic, and it is not permissible to violate the law.' However, his own use of the word 'antifiltering' apparently triggered Iran's own filtering system, making Khamenei's words inaccessible to most Iranians." Which seems to be a universal problem with such filters: even for proponents, they tend to backfire.

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LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-10 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny

He should have said: ant1f1t3r1ng...
Why ... by PPH · 2012-05-10 03:42 · Score: 4, Funny

... does this make me recall the scene with the bridgekeeper at the Bridge of Death in Monty Python's Holy Grail?

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Re:Appropiate by RivenAleem · 2012-05-10 03:57 · Score: 5, Funny

How Iranic.