November 1, 2004

Newsweek on net censorship in Iran

Mainstream media seem to be paying more attention to non-nuclear issues in Iran.

Newsweek has something this week about the net censorship in Iran, with a mention of me, in its both U.S. and International editions (though the latter is a longer piece).

Christian Science Monitor also published a longer, well-written and more detailed piece about the new round of arrests and crackdown on the internet in Iran, last week.

Not to mention that BBC Online News, that has always been first to report about this issue, did a couple of short stories (one, two, three) about it in the past few weeks.

Posted by hoder at November 1, 2004 5:24 PM

Comments
Why is the government of Iran tring to stop the transfer of opinions or information? Dissent is a very important thing in the body politik. The "bell curve " is ALWAYS there. (If you dont know what a bell curve is , ask your friends that are math majors.) Dissent doesn't difuse it festers. If it isn't expressed in writing it will be expressed in other ways..BUT it WILL be expressed. "Unauthorized site(s)..disturbing the public mind, and insulting sanctities"..What does this really mean? Who are they kidding? Are the citizens of Iran so dumb as to accept this as "law". It seems to me that Iran is full of educated people going to waste..wasted educations..wasted talents..wasted gifts..wasted lives. It seems the Iranian Government is tring to reduce "freedoms". The freedom to do what? Think? Write? Paint? Love? Laugh? Read? Breathe? Wonder? Its VERY important that the minds/citizens of Iran Do NOT communicate freely with eachother but why? ..The most powerful thing in the world isn't something Tehran can give to its citizens..its something the citizens can give to themselves.."an idea whose time has come"---James (New York, USA)
- By: James Clifford on November 10, 2004
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