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[ NNSquad ] Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:41:23 -0400 From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf@sethf.com> Date: June 22, 2009 4:32:34 AM EDT To: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: WSJ: Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology [For IP, if worthy - this is a great overview of the extent of national censorware, and the involvement of various big corporations] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562668777335653.html Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology European Gear Used in Vast Effort to Monitor Communications By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS in New York and LORETTA CHAO in Beijing The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world's most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale. [big snip] The Australian government is experimenting with Web-site filtering to protect its youth from online pornography, an undertaking that has triggered criticism that it amounts to government-backed censorship. Content inspection and filtering technology are already common among corporations, schools and other institutions, as part of efforts to block spam and viruses, as well as to ensure that employees and students comply with computer-use guidelines. Families use filtering on their home computers to protect their children from undesirable sites, such as pornography and gambling. Internet censoring in Iran was developed with the initial justification of blocking online pornography, among other material considered offensive by the regime, according to those who have studied the country's censoring. [much more in full article] ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----