Iran expands 'smart' Internet censorship
(Reuters):
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/26/us-iran-internet-censorship-idUSKBN0K40SE20141226
"The Islamic Republic has some of the strictest controls on Internet
access in the world, but its blocks on U.S.-based social media such as
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are routinely bypassed by tech-savvy
Iranians using virtual private networks (VPNs). Under the new scheme,
Tehran could lift its blanket ban on those sites and, instead, filter
their content. The policy appears to follow President Hassan
Rouhani's push to loosen some social restrictions, but it was not
clear if it would mean more or less Internet freedom. Iranians on
Twitter expressed concern that, as part of the new policy, the
government would try to block VPN access to such sites."
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