IP: Iran Takes Tough Measures to Stop Internet Use

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 08:45:20 -0400
> To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber)
> From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
> Subject: Iran Takes Tough Measures to Stop Internet Use
>
> Sunday June 24 4:27 AM ET
>
> Iran Takes Tough Measures to Stop Internet Use
>
> TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's state telecoms monopoly has ordered tough new 
> restrictions on Internet use, requiring service providers to block some 
> sites and barring access to the Web for under-18s, newspapers said on Sunday.
>
> Regulations issued by the Iran Telecommunications Company order Internet 
> service providers (ISPs) to filter all materials presumed immoral or 
> contrary to state security, including the Web sites of opposition groups, 
> the Hambastegi newspaper said.....
> Police closed down more than 400 Internet cafes in Tehran last month 
> demanding owners obtain licenses to stay in business......
> The cafes are popular with the overwhelmingly youthful population of the 
> Islamic Republic, where the state media are tightly controlled by 
> conservatives.
>
> a little more of this story:
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010624/wr/iran_access_dc_1.html



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