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RIGHTS-IRAN: BLOGGERS REBEL AT NEW CENSORSHIP.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 11-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
by Omid Memarian

BERKELEY, California, Jan. 10, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- In a bid to clamp down even harder on information disseminated through the Internet, Iran's hard-line Islamic government has demanded that all Web sites and Web logs (blogs) originating in the country be registered by March 1. Iranian bloggers say the move clearly violates free speech.

A committee of government officials, including members of the intelligence, judiciary, telecommunications, and culture and Islamic guidance ministries, will be in charge of approving the content of Web sites. The committee is authorized to block or filter Web sites or blogs that they deem illegal.

Over the last few years, the government has banned and filtered thousands of Web sites and blogs without explanation. The new law, however, specifies what kinds of content are not allowed.

Web site and blog registrars must provide personal information about themselves. Bloggers and Web masters who fail to do so risk being...

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