Iran vs. the Internet

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 17, 2009 05:31 AM

Information providers and their conduits, like people, just want to be free. No matter. Outmaneuvered by dissidents on Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, Iran has declared war on the Internet.

It’s a war the Luddite mullahs will lose:

Iran’s most powerful military force is warning online media of a crackdown over their coverage of the country’s election crisis.

The Revolutionary Guards, an elite body answering to the supreme leader, says Iranian Web sites and bloggers must remove any materials that “create tension” or face legal action.

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  1. #722623
    On June 17th, 2009 at 5:39 am, mattymatt10 said:

    I wonder what will garner more attention: the mullahs crushing online dissent, or FauxBama crushing a fly?

    Or perhaps Michelle’s outfit today?

  2. #722625
    On June 17th, 2009 at 5:41 am, mattymatt10 said:

    Michelle Obama, I should say, not the blog host.

  3. #722628
    On June 17th, 2009 at 5:44 am, et said:

    Whatever the Revolutionary Guards do; Barak will be taking notes.

  4. #722630
    On June 17th, 2009 at 5:50 am, graysonret said:

    I wonder how long it will be before the government takes a lesson from Iran and starts blocking sites too (expanded Fairness Doctrine). Uh, “for the children”, of course.

  5. #722656
    On June 17th, 2009 at 8:26 am, tre said:

    Iran, China, North Korea, et.al., take note; YOU CAN’T STAMP OUT AN IDEA!

  6. #722658
    On June 17th, 2009 at 8:37 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    All the Mullahs have to do is just pass out AOL CDs to everyone, that’ll slow things down a bit.

  7. #722666
    On June 17th, 2009 at 8:44 am, av8tr said:

    Remember Hungary!

  8. #722685
    On June 17th, 2009 at 9:12 am, dan708 said:

    On June 17th, 2009 at 8:37 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    All the Mullahs have to do is just pass out AOL CDs to everyone, that’ll slow things down a bit.

    Right. Or just give everyone a Windows Vista machine.

  9. #722706
    On June 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    zero is cheering for his masters, the mullahs.

  10. #722817
    On June 17th, 2009 at 11:12 am, Southpaw said:

    The first official cyberwar.

  11. #722831
    On June 17th, 2009 at 11:23 am, nativeaz08 said:

    I heard NYT was publishing Iranian twitter profiles. Probably true as they like to print secrets to put people in danger.

  12. #722850
    On June 17th, 2009 at 11:42 am, rightwingmom said:

    Twitter has agreed to postpone a scheduled update because they’re site is the sole source of info. for Iranians right now.

    Question ~
    How long before OUR Web Czar is appointed?

  13. #722856
    On June 17th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Dimsdale said:

    Here, we call those tactics the “Fairness” Doctrine.

  14. #722945
    On June 17th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, onlybeef42 said:

    Not sure if any conservative bloggers are on this yet but it looks like Iran is at the photoshopping again …

    http://gizmodo.com/5293878/ahmadinejad-lying-again-with-photoshop

  15. #723232
    On June 17th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, cheapseat said:

    the mullahs just need to speak to the google boys, and they will happily limit access any way they can. when not limiting access, they can bombard them with ads for riot gear and tips on throwing molotov cocktails.

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