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01 May 2007
Iran's Telecommunications Ministry is to start filtering text messages which it deems "immoral".
The announcement was made on Iran's State Television, according to Reuters, and is designed to stop immoral actions and social problems.
The report stated that the order came from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, a body created following Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
The Telecommunications Ministry was instructed to buy the necessary equipment "in order to prevent possible misuse of MMS, immoral actions and social problems ".
There is no mention of how this filtering will be accomplished, what type of content will be deemed immoral, nor what will happen to people caught sending and receiving such messages.
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Oh come on
How did you make the link between freedom of speech and the massacre of 34 students? Iran has a terrible regime that supresses it's people. There's no greater gift than freedom of speech, and it's one great gift that my great country has given to me. Still, you seem to like to be suppressed. Good luck.
Posted by: Max, Great Britain 02 May 2007
Finally someone waking up
Most of the people waste lot of time fooling around and clogging the network un-necessarily. The same time can be utilized in much more productive way. Iranian govt (and Chinese) have shown the backbone that a healthy society is the way to go. USA and other western country are seeing the results of untamed freedom (34 dead college students should be eye opener)
Posted by: Gurmit Singh, India 01 May 2007