Iran’s Minister of Communications says his ministry has started implementing “smart filtering” by blocking access to “distasteful images” on Instagram. However, this new form of censorship has not yet ended the Iranian government’s wholesale blocking of Facebook and YouTube. The Fars News Agency reports that Mahmoud Vaezi told reporters that the launch of the […]
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Iran’s Minister of Communications Says He Will Oppose Stringent Internet Blocking
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology told a group of reporters today that his Ministry is not interested in continuing the extreme controls the Iranian government has exercised over the past eight years, but rather wishes to see a more relaxed approach to internet access for the citizens. “As a member of the […]