Iran blocks western news websites, wikipedia, youtube

[Histy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1963166,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1

[LaoSexMachine]

Like this is something suprising.

[Histy]

In light of AMDHADOGNADGs leter to the US people about his concerns over our civil liberties.

among other DNC talking points

[chuckster]

Youtube I can understand. Who wants to share files with horney geeks looking for video of sluts in bikinis dancing around.

[Con-man]

Have they blocked Iranians from visiting MP.net? I hope so, because I was getting tired of having Iranian propaganda thrown at me.

[WKD]

Iran is a bastion of freedom and democracy, because all the Iranians on this board say so. Obviously this just some lie spread by the pro-American media.

[eugenlitwin]

Youtube I can understand. Who wants to share files with horney geeks looking for video of sluts in bikinis dancing around.

rofl rofl rofl you made my day!!

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

A sad day indeed, its a shame the Iranians had to follow the Saudis down the path of information darkness.:|

[Histy]

A sad day indeed, its a shame the Iranians had to follow the Saudis down the path of information darkness.:|

are you surprised?

[Jobu]

Don't worry kraf will be along soon to post pics of some hot Iranian chicks.

[BloodyTalon]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/05/D8LQSTD00.html


rights group warned on Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.
Internet users who tried to call up the YouTube site on Tuesday were met with the message, "On the basis of the Islamic Republic of Iran laws, access to this website is not authorized" _ which appears on the numerous opposition and ****ographic Web sites that the government blocks.

It was not known how long the site had been on Iran's Web blacklist. The Paris-based press rights group Reporters Without Borders said YouTube had been blocked for the past five days.

It also said the New York Times Web page was also blocked since Friday and that the English site of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia was blocked from Friday to Sunday.

However, an AP reporter was able to access the New York Times site on Tuesday and other Internet users said it could be reached over the weekend. The blocking of Wikipedia could not be independently confirmed, and Iranian officials were not available for comment.

Iran's Shiite cleric-run government regularly blocks opposition Web sites, including blogs, and the number of sites that bring up the "unauthorized" message has been increasing over the past year. Western news sites, however, are generally available.

Videos from the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq and other Iranian opposition groups have been posted on YouTube.com, along with videos posted by individual Iranians critical of the regime. The site also has Iranian pop music videos, which are frowned upon by the religious leadership.

In its statement Tuesday, Reporters Without Borders warned that "censorship is now the rule rather than the exception" in Iran.

"The government is trying to create a digital border to stop culture and news coming from abroad _ a vision of the Net which is worrying for the country's future," it said.

"The Iranian government policy is not an isolated case. It is getting closer and closer to that of the authorities in China, with particular stress being laid on censorship of cultural output," it said.

The group cited Western press reports that the government issued a ban on high-speed Internet connections in October. Iranian telecommunications officials have denied any such ban was issued, saying high speed connections had not been extended to some areas because the government had too few lines. High-speed connections are available in some part of Tehran, but not in many others.

In October, Reporters Without Borders put Iran in a club of the 13 worst culprits for systematic online censorship along with Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Hard-liners have severely restricted pro-reform newspapers over the past six years after they blossomed following the 1997 election of reformist president Mohammed Khatami. Conservatives in the courts shut down many even before Khatami was succeeded by hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last year. Some independent newspapers remain, but their criticism of the government is muted for fear of being shut down.

[Kaapeli]

The Iranians will miss so many funny clips. :(

[exarmyguard]

Yeah, they would love those video clips of "Borat".

[vinny_121_ND]

Where is ACLU when you need them? Where is the UN? Where are all the human rights organizations? Free Iran. Let's exit Iraq by going through Iran.

Iran is doing this to protect their islamic heritage from western cultures. Sooner or later, we got a north korea style of rule.

[Kaapeli]

Where is ACLU when you need them? Where is the UN? Where are all the human rights organizations? Free Iran. Let's exit Iraq by going through Iran.

Iran is doing this to protect their islamic heritage from western cultures. Sooner or later, we got a north korea style of rule.

Well the Iranians willingly voted Ahmadinejad to power so it's basicly their own choice, kinda. And it was never a secret that he stood for nationalism and the principles of the Islamic revolution that reject western cultural influences.

[vinny_121_ND]

Well then, then I guess the minorities are stuck in a life without entertainment for a next little bit.

So, in Iran, they only have 56K modem connection, and blocked sites like wikipedia ... which has saved my ass on school assignments.

You can't just block blog sites. These people will then email their opinions in mass emails then, unless the government spends its money on tracking these emails to its exact location. emailing instead of having a blogsites is just another way around it.

[shocker1]

All nations round the globe have their eyes cast on Iranian nation to get rid of tyranny and achieve independence and dignity, he said.
http://www.irna.com/en/news/view/line-17/0612050350192124.htm

[vinny_121_ND]

Ok, I can agree with that. But will immigration into Iran and tourism increase? Would all the illegals just all of a sudden pack up and want to live in Iran?

Live long, live in dignity, go live in iran, not the united states. The US immigration policy on illegals now should be deported to Iran for a better life. Everybody wins.

[sarcasm may or may not be intended]

[Con-man]

To reject all Western culture yourself is alright, but to stop others who may want to view it because they like it? That is what I find to be wrong.

[Metastaz]

Great Muslim Firewall, as in China? ;)

[nullterm]

To reject all Western culture yourself is alright, but to stop others who may want to view it because they like it? That is what I find to be wrong.

As Kaapeli pointed out, he won the vote. So the majority of people indirectly asked for it. But I'm sure there's alot of people in Iran who are against it. That's where projects like psiphon ( http://psiphon.civisec.org/ ) come in.

[3rdMillhouse]

Have they blocked Iranians from visiting MP.net? I hope so, because I was getting tired of having Iranian propaganda thrown at me.

Me too, can't stand Kraaf with his Weekly military parades topics.

[DIU]

Me too, can't stand Kraaf with his Weekly military parades topics.
On the contrary, the posts of Kraf are extremely interesting. Propaganda and show-off of the military have the own tint in each country and for each type of regime, and can say a lot to an attentive person. It’s my impression that, despite the assumed “Islamic aesthetics”, there is something unexpectedly Latino-American (i.e. “carnival”) in the Iranian parades. This can cut to the quick.

Comparing the Iranian and, for example, Belarussian military parades and maneuvers, it seems to me that the Belarussian army would probably be more dangerous in case of real war, though the basic weaponry is similar (T-72, BMP-2, Mi-8, MiG-29, Su-25 etc.). Because the Belarussian “tint” combines the external rational simplicity (which tells about the elaborated consistent choice of military equipment and clear way of military thinking) with the internal sophistication, the deeper approach to the details regarding tactics and practical use of weaponry.
As to the Iranian army, I would stand its preparedness on the average level of the Soviet army of 1970s (with the “guard” Soviet detachments of that time acting more skillfully). On the other hand, even that level is not so bad for the Middle East.
Of course, these impressions are subjective.

As regards the topic, i.e. ban on “harmful” Internet sites in Iran, this is an additional evidence of narrow-mindedness or even stupidity of the present Iranian leadership. Such measures will hardly achieve their goal and only irritate the most educated part of population.

[loganinkosovo]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1963166,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1


So it's A$$Puppets at all times and on all stations now, is it?

I don't know what would be worse, being forced to watch that a$$puppet Imadimjihadi on TV 24/7 or being force to watch the Anti-Christ Hillary "Broad Hams" Clinton on TV 24/7. It's a toss up......

[Snoshi]

Was it Darthmaul who said that Iran was a democracy?

[khukuri]

a shame that Iran went the same way as saudi arabia etc

[kraf001]

interestingly before coming to Iran I was under the impression that even mp.net is filtered but I was wrong and as you can see I am posting live from Iran.. as or any of the mentioned sites being filtered, I don't see such ban... as you can see in attachments.

[LRPV]

So no secret police squads raiding internet cafes? Is there a censorship or have you Kraftily avoided the firewalls?

[kraf001]

So no secret police squads raiding internet cafes? Is there a censorship or have you Kraftily avoided the firewalls?

right now I am using state provided internet in a state controlled university that has no admin access to anything to load a proxy... guardian is among the least credible news agencies in regards of Iran... it is no secret!.. only question is "why" would a news agency fabricate stuff when there are perhaps tones of "real" violations of human rights in Iran that they could pick on? :roll:

[Con-man]

I don't see such ban...

Thats because you work for them p-)

[kraf001]

Thats because you work for them p-)
only if it makes you sleep better at night.... p-)

[Con-man]

Hey, it works better than a sleeping pill :)

[khukuri]

Thats because you work for them p-)

yes he gets a paycheck for posting on mp.net:roll:

[kraf001]

yes he gets a paycheck for posting on mp.net:roll:

I wish they buy me a computer too so I can actually post on mp.net! :roll: