Iran Blocks Access to Google and Gmail
We've known for quite some time that China has been mandating filtered Internet access for its citizens, recently going so far as to claim massive hacking attacks in order to rationalize even more strict controls. Now Iran is starting to do the same, blocking access to Google and Gmail from major ISPs.
Not long after news of the mass filtering hit the wire, Iran reversed the block, saying it was "Due to an error," but left the door open for arbitrary filters in the future to prevent its citizens from "accessing decadent material posted abroad." Google has already worked with China to help filter some of its content. Will it do the same with Iran?
From boingboing and AdelaideNow
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JERRY @ Sep 17th 2007 4:25PM
wonder what they are concerned about we may learn from them or thier people may learn the truth ?
Ashlee @ Sep 18th 2007 2:59PM
That's disgusting, who the hell do these people think thay are? Better yet, what are they so afraid of people finding out?
wlm1 @ Sep 26th 2007 1:18AM
after watching the jerk almadinejad at Columbia university skirt around every question, nothing surprizes me. I must say though Lee Bollinger was really insulting and hit the jerk hard. I think this is why he was disgusting at the UN.
I think he's a nut and we should never allow him here next time.
The people of Iran should revolt and kill him.
Bozly @ Feb 5th 2008 6:01PM
uh, and when will folks HERE smarten up a bit and realize Amadinejad has LITTLE TO NIL ACTUAL POWER and is mere showboating ? ALl the viterol WASTED at demonizing him , vast WASTED EFFORT and does NOTHING to resolve anything much on ANY level and just has blustery rhetoricals blathering back and forth while REAL concerns and real interaction TO attempt resolvement go unmet just allowing a situation to spiral further out of controlability !!!!
Jerry Burks @ Feb 6th 2008 9:08AM
Don't worry you will "fly away" soon in the evangelical/government Rapture Plot. Don't be ignorant. Christ will Return Just as He said He Would. Rapture is a Satanic Lie to make you ignorant of the events leading up to the Return of Our Lord and Savior,Jesus Christ.
goodguy889 @ Feb 8th 2008 1:36PM
How could these people control the internet from caves?
I think it is a Corporate plot to charge us more for "additional security fees".
royalef @ Feb 8th 2008 1:40PM
Gotta love the Jesus freaks. They're just waiting for some Jesu-Fuhrer to rise up and tell them which babies to slaughter, just like Moses told them in the bible. "Show the children no mercy"
What the Jesus freaks in the US don't get is they and their religions are to blame for these religious-based wars. Suicidial islamics were lied to and told the Koran says ttheyll get "virgins", when the proper translation is most likely "white raisins". Of course nobody is going to be a murderer for an ancient delicacy of white raisins. But virgins, there is something that Jews, Christians, Muslims and even Mormon since the time of Zeus can all agree upon.
RedViolin @ Feb 8th 2008 7:51PM
what the heck is resolvement?...me thinks Bozly likes making up words. Also... the run on sentence...tsk tsk. O/W you have a good point but it's lost in translation.
Ralph Dreifus @ Feb 9th 2008 4:43PM
It is happening eher in the US and you just do not know it. There are so many people with their noses stuck up your butt they are having a hard time squeezing in.
There are any number of people who want to know what you are doing and who you are doing it with. It isn't just Iran and China. It is all of the NWO grand plan for one global government that controls everyone and what everyone thinks and says and does.
Alireza @ Mar 31st 2008 9:32AM
Google and Gmail are not blocked in iran
I live in Iran and i have access to them.
Please don't lie.