[x-pubpol] Iran clamping down on Internet use

[Joly MacFie]

http://j.mp/Ak2OJr  (Guardian)

  "Iran is clamping down heavily on web users before parliamentary
   elections in March with draconian rules on cybercafes and preparations
   to launch a national internet.  Tests for a countrywide network aimed
   at substituting services run through the world wide web have been
   carried out by Iran's ministry of information and communication
   technology, according to a newspaper report. The move has prompted
   fears among its online community that Iran intends to withdraw from
   the global internet.  The police this week imposed tighter regulations
   on internet cafes.  Cafe owners have been given a two-week ultimatum
   to adopt rules requiring them to check the identity cards of their
   customers before providing services."

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