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Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to Trance Addict!
Well they might as well, No high speed, blocked sites. Is Iran trying to keep thier people in the dark??
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| Robert Tait in Tehran Monday December 4, 2006 The Guardian 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. Article continues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iran was among 13 countries branded "enemies of the internet" last month by the human rights group, Reporters Without Borders, which cited state-sanctioned blocking of websites and the widespread intimidation and jailing of bloggers. Critics accuse Iran of using filtering technology to censor more sites than any country apart from China. Until now, targets have been mainly linked to opposition groups or those deemed "immoral" under Iran's Islamic legal code. Some news sites, such as the BBC's Farsi service, are also blocked. "We have asked the judiciary, who are in charge of filtering, to explain the decisions on all the sites specified but so far the only reply we have is a confirmation of the block on Wikipedia. We don't know why," said a senior technician with Datak, a service provider. The ban on YouTube reflects a growing official sensitivity to private films on the internet, an issue highlighted by a recent online video which appears to show an Iranian soap opera star having sex. With some 7.5 million surfers, Iran is believed to have the highest rate of web use in the Middle East after Israel. The net's popularity has prompted an estimated 100,000 bloggers, many opposed to the Islamic regime. Some blogs are substitutes for Iran's once-flourishing, but now largely supressed, reformist press. Last week Mohammed Tourang, head of the information bureau's cultural committee, warned Iranian websites of stricter rules by announcing steps to stamp out "immoral and illegal" content. He said site owners would be given official reminders to eliminate forbidden material. Special attention would be paid to content judged to be a threat to national unity or insulting to sacred religious texts and symbols. Students and academics say the move limits their ability to conduct research. The purge mirrors a rising tide of censorship in Iranian publishing which has resulted in the banning of hundreds of books, including western classics. Illegal satellite dishes have also been seized. |
Re: Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to Trance Addict!
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| Originally posted by LazFX Is Iran trying to keep thier people in the dark?? |
"I'll tell you why Iran hates the net, because of this right here; the ability of free people to express ideas, praise the genius of Christopher Walken, and mock the state of Florida. Also boobies....Especially boobies."
saw that on another site and it made me laugh...
but lilith, you are right, it sux that US companies are allowing them to do this, if said companies are employed by these types of countries. 
got this in my email too.
Its ridiculous when governments try to censor the internet.
Either way, persians have satellite, illegal raves/parties in mansions in the north/ suburban areas where alcohol is sold and consumed and other things we think they cant get.
Then you guys might find this interesting...
from that country above the US of A...yea, we're sneaky like that...
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Tool to circumvent internet censorship set to launch Last Updated: Friday, December 1, 2006 | 11:15 AM ET CBC News Researchers at University of Toronto plan to introduce a software tool on Friday that aims to help people in countries that censor the World Wide Web. Psiphon (pronounced sigh-fawn), a web-based utility, lets individuals in a country that censors the internet sign on to a server that gives them secure access to web pages anywhere, bypassing government restrictions. A new Canadian software tool aims to help people in web-censoring countries like Iran, where this woman was on the internet in a cafe in Tehran in August.A new Canadian software tool aims to help people in web-censoring countries like Iran, where this woman was on the internet in a cafe in Tehran in August. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/Associated Press) Its creators plan to launch the software at the Protect The Net conference at the university's Munk Centre for International Studies, where psiphon emerged as a project of Citizenlab. Researchers at the facility examine the relationship between digital media and politics around the world. "We're aiming at giving people access to sites like Wikipedia," a free, user-maintained online encyclopedia, and other information and news sources, Michael Hull, psiphon's lead engineer, told CBC News Online. Citing countries such as China and Iran among some 40 countries that censor the internet, Hull said that the way in which access to information is cut off is troubling. "My problem with it is that there's no transparency. Someone is making an arbitrary decision and there is no way to appeal it, even if you feel like you're doing nothing wrong," he said. Continue Article Psiphon works by letting people in uncensored countries download the free software to run a secure, encrypted server or node in the private network. The server administrator would pass the connection information to friends and family in censored countries - psiphonites - who could then log in through a web browser and navigate sites without restrictions. Lot of 'fear mongering' The system was designed so users don't have to download or install any software, Hull said. However, the administrator can see what sites users are visiting, which can help prevent abuse of trust, Hull suggested. "There's a lot of fear mongering that goes on, but people have been living for thousands of years based on the fact that people trust each other," he said. "That's all we're asking people to do." Hull said about 60 people, many in internet-censored countries, have been testing the software and the feedback has been positive. One of them will be participating in a live demonstration at psiphon's launch at the Friday conference, and the researchers will also show recorded video of psiphonites in Iran using the system. |
Re: Re: Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to Trance Addict!
Don't know how widespread internet usage is over there but I imagine it's starting to become fairly common ( with cybercafes perhaps? )
It will only be a matter of time before people figure out way to go around the filtering from the governement.
Will they really want to do it considering the legal risks ... time will tell.
Government filtering bypassing is a common practice in China don't see why this shouldn't happen in Iran as well.
most likely... i assume north korea does the same.
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| Originally posted by FliptheSwitch most likely... i assume north korea does the same. |
Fuckin love Canada man, just as others censor shit us liberal ninnies think up anti-censoring software, BOOYEAH! 
the internet is a series of tubes....made for porn !
the fact is the official power has little power on the Iran population
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| Originally posted by FliptheSwitch most likely... i assume north korea does the same. |
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| Originally posted by LazFX but lilith, you are right, it sux that US companies are allowing them to do this, if said companies are employed by these types of countries. |
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