Millions of Internet users in Iran could soon be permanently cut off from the Web, social networks, and e-mail.
In a statement released last week, Reza Taghipour, the Iranian minister for Information and Communications Technology, announced it plans to establish a national intranet within five months in an effort to create a “clean Internet,” according to an International Business Times report. “All Internet Service Providers (ISP) should only present National Internet by August,” Taghipour said in the statement.
» via CNET
This should get interesting…
Why is this news? Or, better question: why does it take 3 paragraphs to mention that this report has been completely...
Wow! there goes that bit of freedom of speech.
The world must stand up against this.
holy fucking shit, this is bad. Very very bad. The people over ere are going to lose the priveledge to collaborate...
I kind of want to say “And so it begins,” or something like that, but this began a long time ago.
Didn’t check sources on this but damn.
I’m never going to Iran (:
CORRUPT COMMUNISTS HAVE TO TRY AND CONTROL THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SO THEY CAN CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE! CENSORSHIP...
CORRUPT COMMUNISTS HAVE TO TRY AND CONTROL THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SO THEY CAN CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE! CENSORSHIP...
Is this real life? This has to be a joke. Right? RIGHT? Goddamnit, Iran.