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Iran blocks access to Google, Wikipedia pages in latest Internet censorship effort
19/05/2014

However, it remains unclear whether the blocks are government mandated.Iran has reportedly blocked access to Google and Wikipedia despite recent announcement of its plans to ease up Internet censorship.

  Source http://goo.gl/GjKBb2
 
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According to Mashable, Iran has blocked another Google service, the hosting platform Google Sites, and censored at least two sensitive Wikipedia pages in Farsi in the last couple of days.

However, it remains unclear whether these blocks are government mandated.

Activists say that if the involvement of the Iranian government is confirmed, it would bring to light its double stance on Internet freedom.

While Iran has a long history of blocking Wikipedia sites, as previous research has shown, but these latest blocks, activists warn, seem to indicate that the future is more of the same, rather than more freedom, the report adds.

 
 
 
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