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Iran Blocks 'Illegal' VPNs, Google, and Yahoo

Posted by timothy on 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.'"

3 of 176 comments (clear)

  1. MPAA Hopefully Not Paying Attention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Soon as MPAA realizes everyone went VPN to escape six strikes, they'll want a similar law here in the US

    Of course all corporate VPNs will be exempt as long as they're willing to report any "suspicious" activity

  2. Heh. by detritus. · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let's see them try to block SSH and have a functioning internet.

  3. Haha - The Tehran Chronicle by RussR42 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Tehran Chronicle article about this mentions recent bans on Facebook and Twitter, then has links to them both after the article...