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January 10, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://omedia.org/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=2022&MenuID=722&ThreadID=1014010

The Iranian Thought Police

[Omedia.com] Nir Boms and Niv Lilian - Iran is waging a fierce battle against freedom of expression, including invasive censorship of electronic communication. Teheran has blocked the New York Times website, the video clip site YouTube, and the free encyclopedia Wikipedia. Iranian Internet providers were also ordered to narrow the bandwidth to 128 kb/sec., to prevent Internet telephone communication (VoIP) and prevent people from downloading files. Add to this other measures like removing satellite dishes, actively blocking broadcast frequencies, and arresting bloggers and Iranian opposition activists. Iran's head of the Communication Development Agency announced that text messaging would also be monitored.

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