Iran has blocked access to YouTube

[Bluebear]

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a press rights group warned on Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.

nternet users who tried to call up the YouTube site on Tuesday were met with the message, "On the basis of the Islamic Republic of Iran laws, access to this website is not authorized" — which appears on the numerous opposition and pornographic Web sites that the government blocks.

It was not known how long the site had been on Iran's Web blacklist. The Paris-based press rights group Reporters Without Borders said YouTube had been blocked for the past five days.

It also said the New York Times Web page was also blocked since Friday and that the English site of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia was blocked from Friday to Sunday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/iran_internet

[lvx35]

1. Now if only we can stop distracting the people of Iran from the horribleness of their government

by threatening them, there would be some real forces for change in Iran...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. heh.

Iran and the Fox network.

[w4rma]

3. The Muslim version of China. (nt)

[bananas]

4. That's what we'll see in the US if net neutrality goes away. nt

[Bluebear]

7. DING! nt

[majorjohn]

5. Relax...

They still got Google Video

[Fridays Child]

6. Too bad. There's enough anti-Bush and anti-war stuff on there to keep...

...keep them amused 24/7.

[KamaAina]

8. Oh sure. Block the people's access to pancake mix videos,

and the security of the Islamic theocracy will be assured in perpetuity. :sarcasm: