Iran censorship?

Andy Ringsmuth andy at newslink.com
Sun Dec 31 04:30:12 UTC 2017


I do remember that, and I know they’re capable of it. Was simply curious if anyone was aware of it actually happening (yet) this time around.

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> On Dec 30, 2017, at 10:19 PM, Matt Harris <matt at netfire.net> wrote:
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> This is nothing new for even moderate authoritarian states (see: Egypt during the 'arab spring' protests), and should be no surprise from a totalitarian state such as Iran.  
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> We've seen Iran up to no good on a global scale in the past, too, far beyond what's being suggested here: https://dyn.com/blog/iran-leaks-censorship-via-bgp-hijacks/
> So we know that they have national censorship in place.  
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> Are you looking for anything more specific here?  
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> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Andy Ringsmuth <andy at newslink.com> wrote:
> Thought this might be a welcome change from the IPv6 waste discussion and meta-discussion.
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> Seeing a few references in the news to Iran possibly cutting off Internet (at least on mobile devices) in light of significant protests around the country:
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> https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-warns-against-illegal-gatherings-protests-112847988.html
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> Was curious if anyone “in the know” has anything to back it up, etc.
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