Threatened by high speed internet


Iran panics

After the business with people hiding their satellite dishes, you think Iran would have learned not to restrict information flow. But they are trying another tactic.

Iran's Islamic government has opened a new front in its drive to stifle domestic political dissent and combat the influence of western culture - by banning high-speed internet links.

In a blow to the country's estimated 5 million internet users, service providers have been told to restrict online speeds to 128 kilobytes a second and been forbidden from offering fast broadband packages. The move by Iran's telecommunications regulator will make it more difficult to download foreign music, films and television programmes, which the authorities blame for undermining Islamic culture among the younger generation. It will also impede efforts by political opposition groups to organise by uploading information on to the net.

Funny how no one worries about Iranian influence on the West, isn't it?

The internet is our last, best hope for freedom.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Fri - October 20, 2006 at 04:54 AM  Tag


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