Fw: Iran May Shut Down Internet During Election

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daveschroeder writes "'The Iranian government might block private
access to the Internet for the general legislative election on March
14, two Iranian news outlets reported Monday. In 2006, the authorities
banned download speeds on private computers faster than 128 kilobytes
per second. The government also uses sophisticated filtering equipment
to block hundreds of Web sites and blogs that it considers religiously
or politically inappropriate. Many bloggers have been jailed in the
past years, and dozens of Web sites have been shut down.' It would
appear that Iran's own government is more a threat to the nation's
internet connectivity than the fragility of the undersea cable network."

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