Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to top websites

Guardian Unlimited ^ | Monday December 4, 2006 | Robert Tait in Tehran

[Biscuit85]

Iran yesterday shut down access to some of the world's most popular websites. Users were unable to open popular sites including Amazon.com and YouTube following instructions to service providers to filter them. Similar edicts have been issued against Wikipedia, the internet encyclopaedia, IMDB.com, an online film database, and the New York Times site. Attempts to open the sites are met with a page reading: "The requested page is forbidden."

The clampdown was ordered by senior judiciary officials in the latest phase of a campaign that has seen high-speed broadband facilities banned in an attempt to impede "corrupting" foreign films and music. It is in line with a campaign by Iran's Islamist president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to purge the country of western cultural influences.

[dr_who_2]

Now the Iranians will only have Mamoud to entertain them.

[Paladin2]

The NYT is banned in Iran? Must be because it is a major intelligence source for gov't eyes only.

[Dr. Marten]

Psiphon

 

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Damn!!! What will the Iranian Freepers do?!? Is there an FR back door in Iran somewhere?

[advertising guy]

this is the start of the finish for Iran. MTV is viewed in Iran MORE than here

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

and the New York Times site

They block one of their closest allies???

[nuconvert]

That looks neat.
Thanks for posting!

[CottShop]

hahahaha- Iran censoring yuotube? Youtube is pro terror anti-Christian site- Iran should be paying them for advertising terror for them. http://sacredscoop.com

[Irish Eyes]

Interesting...is that for real?

[Biscuit85]

Those friendly Iranians

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF in Tehran
Published: May 5, 2004
The New York Times

Finally, I've found a pro-American country.

http://www.iranian.com/RoozbehShirazi/2004/May/NYT/index2.html

[oldenuff2no]

They have been taking their satellite TV dishes down and now they are taking away their internet porn. Stupid people are in charge with that country. They are making the decisions that will lead to their own demise. Muslim men are not expected to have any self restraint, self control, or to take responsibility for their own actions. That is why they always blame the women for getting raped.

They are bound and determined to have a country living in the dark ages.

This world would function well without s single muslim fundamentalist.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts?page=101#101

[umgud]

Censorship fears rise as US blocks access to top websites

Posted on 12/03/2010 7:59:17 PM PST by Biscuit85


The US yesterday shut down access to some of the world's most popular websites. Users were unable to open popular sites including Freerepublic.com and The Drudgereport.com following instructions to service providers to filter them. Similar edicts have been issued against Wikipedia, the internet encyclopaedia and the New York Post site. Attempts to open the sites are met with a page reading: "The requested page is forbidden."

The clampdown was ordered by senior judiciary officials in the latest phase of a campaign that has seen high-speed broadband facilities banned in an attempt to impede "corrupting" right wing hate speech. It is in line with a campaign by the US's president, Hillary Clinton, to purge the country of consevative cultural influences.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Excellent article.

The people of most dictatorial countries are quite the opposite of their "leaders." It's too bad that there isn't a reasonable way of ousting the leaders, letting the people decide who will lead.

[Biscuit85]

Nice Try!

[gb63]

[sageb1]

But what if the Mahdi chooses to make his appearance on YouTube?

[sageb1]

psiphon is funded by: Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation) . Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

[Dr. Marten]

It's for real.