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shared by Benjamin Jörissen on 05 Jun 09 - Cached

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been and remains one of the world’s harshest censors of the Internet
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There are paradoxes in this issue like other aspects of politics in Iran; the government censoring of the Internet does not follow a systematic pattern and the more famous the blogger the harder it is for the authorities to harass her/him. The recent death of Mirsayafi in the Evin prison - a less known blogger with an obscure blog who insulted the supreme leader - demonstrates these paradoxes well.
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Social networking sites are becoming increasingly popular. Mir Hossein Mousavi, a reformist presidential candidate, is on the twitter.
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Another interpretation, upheld by many in Iran, adopts a more conspiratorial position: by unblocking Facebook and creating a false sense of open and fair elections, the intelligence services are able to monitor the activities of dissidents, who may feel more comfortable to express their views on Facebook as a social networking forum instead of a registered personal website
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But the primary reason lies in an attempt by the state to bolster its legitimacy through a strategy of selective social openings.
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