Iran Blocks 'Illegal' VPNs, Google, and Yahoo

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 10, 2013 @11:47AM from the governments-of-the-world-unite dept.

First time accepted submitter voul writes "Iran is at it again. Taking a page from China's playbook, Iran has moved to cut off illegal VPNs. 'Quite aware of the censorship they face, many Iranians use proxy servers over virtual private networks to circumvent government restrictions and mask their activities,' CNET reports. 'However, officials now say they have blocked use of the "illegal" tool.' Slashgear reports that users are 'unable to access social networks like Facebook and Twitter, or use services like Skype to make phone calls. Along with the blocking of the VPNs, the Iranian government have also blocked access to Google and Yahoo.'"

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It must be a Microsoft conspiracy by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-10 12:30 · Score: 2, Funny

... Since they can only use Bing to search....
Re:Slashdot should stop the Iran bashing already by interkin3tic · 2013-03-10 16:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Indeed. The slashdot crowd is one of the only voices of reason keeping the warmongerers at bay. The CIA would love to stage another coup, but slashdot is always there, with simpsons quotes and star wars references, to shut them down.