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In the first decade of the 21st century, Iran experienced a great surge in Internet usage, and, with 7.5 million people on the Internet, currently has the second highest percentage of its population online in the Middle East, after , and the start of the 2nd Of Khordad Reform Movement , a clampdown occurred that worsened after the election of conservative president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005. Iran is now considered to be one of the most repressive Internet-censorship regimes in the world. Many was one of 13 countries labeled "enemies of the internet" by activist group Reporters Without Borders .Tait, R. (2006.) "Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to top websites" . ''The Guardian UK''. Retrieved December 9, 2006. Recently, the Iran government required all Iranians to register their web sites in Ministry of art and culture. They also plan to filter all other websites up to March 2007 SAMANDEHI {Link without Title} . INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS Every ISP must be approved by both the s, they must first promise in writing not to access "non-Islamic" sites.OpenNet Initiative. (2006.) "Internet Filtering in Iran in 2004-2005: A Country Study" . Retrieved December 9, 2006. . This example is from an Internet café in SOFTWARE The primary engine of Iran's censorship is the Content-control Software SmartFilter , developed by San Jose firm Secure Computing . However, Secure denies ever having sold the software to Iran, and alleges that Iran is illegally using the software without a license.Knight, W. (2005.) "Iranian net censorship powered by US technology" . ''The New Scientist.'' Retrieved December 9, 2006. As of 2006, Iran's SmartFilter is configured to filter local Persian -language sites, and block prominent English-language sites, such as the websites for the New York Times , Amazon.com , IMDB.com , AmnestyInternational.org , Blogger and YouTube . Though, later the filter was removed from some of the websites, like Wikipedia, Blogger, Amazon and IMDB, mostly due to huge protests from Iranian users. The software effectively blocks access to most Pornographic sites, Gay and Lesbian sites, Women's Rights sites, reformist political sites, news media, sites that provide tools to help users cloak their Internet identity, and other sites nebulously defined as immoral on various grounds. Iran censors more Internet sites than any other nation except China . The Kurdish version of Wikipedia was blocked for several months in 2006, according to Reporters Without Borders . Iran Cracks Down On Internet Use AMERICAN PROXY SERVER Iranians can sometimes access forbidden sites through Proxy Server s, although these machines can be blocked as well. In 2003, the United States began providing a free proxy server to Iranian citizens through its IBB service Voice Of America with Internet privacy company Anonymizer, Inc . The proxy website changes whenever the Iranian government blocks it. However, even the U.S. proxy filters pornographic websites and keywords. "There's a limit to what taxpayers should pay for," an IBB program manager was quoted as saying.Poulson, K. (2003.) "US sponsors Anonymiser – if you live in Iran" . ''The Register UK''. Retrieved December 9, 2006. The forbidden keywords are controversial--banning "gay" effectively bars access to a host of gay and lesbian sites--and have had unintended consequences. The banning of "ass", for example, blocks access to the website of the United States Embassy .McCullagh, D. (2004.) "U.S. blunders with keyword blacklist" . ''CNET News.com'' Retrieved December 9, 2006. A complete list of the blacklisted keywords on the American server can be found here . INTERNET CONNECTION SPEED RESTRICTIONS In October 2006, the featuring a popular Iranian Soap Opera actress (or a convincing Look-alike ). (''See the Iranian Sex Tape Scandal '') REFERENCES |
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