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Iran To Create Its Own Internet, Will Censor Everything

April 9, 2012 by James Johnson

Iran Internet To become Closed Network

Iran Internet To become Closed Network

Here’s a novel approach to the internet, rather than attempting to block every Western site and their ideals towards freedom the Iranian government announced on Monday that it will create a “clean internet” by establish a country wide “intranet” program.

The new program will replace many American services such as Gmail and Google Plus with state-sponsored sites such as Iran Mail and Iran Search Engine, both which allow the government to more easily spy on users while censoring what content they are able to access.

Iran started moving towards a closed network after Twitters “Day Of Rage” protests targeted the countries government and led to massive protests and headaches for the countries central figures. In one case a man who was jailed was able to send a message via YouTube. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Closed Internet, Internet Censorship, Iran, Iran Intranet

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