From The AP:
Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a media rights group warned Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.
Internet users who tried to call up the YouTube site Tuesday were met with the message, “On the basis of the Islamic Republic of Iran laws, access to this Web site is not authorized” which appears on numerous opposition and pornographic Web sites the government blocks.
It was not known how long the site had been on Iran’s Web blacklist. The Paris-based media rights group Reporters Without Borders said YouTube had been blocked for the past five days. [Read More]
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