Iran’s ‘Halal Internet’ is really a ‘Filternet’
Iran's long-awaited "national Internet" appears to now be online--instead of a sealed-off nation-wide intranet, Iran's government is now slowing access to verboten foreign websites and blocking VPNs.
Iran's long-awaited "national Internet" appears to now be online--instead of a sealed-off nation-wide intranet, Iran's government is now slowing access to verboten foreign websites and blocking VPNs.
The first phase of Iran's national Internet project has already been launched in the country's government departments. Activists fear it's a step toward cutting the population off from the World…