World Iran plans to cut itself off from the Internet permanently

[Furby]

Iran plans to disconnect itself from the Internet and replace popular services like Google, Yahoo, and Hotmail with homegrown, Iranian services, according to a report in the International Business Times today.

The government is already accepting applications for Iran Web Mail accounts, which require you to enter a first and last name, postal address, and phone number. (Here’s an English version of that form via Google Translate.) We can guess that Iranians aren’t thrilled about the prospect of giving up Gmail for a state-sponsored (and presumably monitored) alternative.

Taghipour said the Internet “promotes crime, disunity, unhealthy moral content, and atheism” and that the government plans to eliminate these net-based “scourges.” Ars Technica adds that the country is also concerned about digital espionage and sabotage, a possible reference to the Stuxnet worm that damaged Iranian nuclear facilities in 2011.

Iran plans to cut itself off from the Internet permanently

Update 4/10/2012: Iran has denied the report that it plans to cut itself off from the Internet, according to a more recent story in the International Business Times. Iran plans to disconnect itself from the Internet and replace popular services like Google, Yahoo, and Hotmail with homegrown...

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[The Helper]

This does not surprise me as it is a cut off your foot to spite your toe type of philosophy.

 

[Hatebreeder]

This does not surprise me as it is a cut off your foot to spite your toe type of philosophy.

It's bliss
Denying internet access is a step into the wrong direction, IMO. If technology evolves, everyone on earth should have the right to have access to the technology. This is more like devolution.

 

[Jindo]

This is an incredibly depressing thought.

 

[seph ir oth]

omg how will I access my favorite iranian websites !?

 

[Accname]

Wont this have major impact on iranian economy? People over there wont be able to use the internet anymore for any buisines outside of iran. And just imagine those poor kids who just got sc2 and now cannot even play it anymore.
They will never get the "true" ending for mass effect 3 either.

 

[Slapshot136]

Iran can't replace the entire world, regardless of what content they create.. it's their people that will suffer from this more then anything

 

[tom_mai78101]

We are still speculating how bad it may seems. I would like to look at it from a different perspective. More like a long-term human behavior research that gives us an outlook on what will happen to a country disconnected from the Internet.

We have known that the Internet has effective shaped our lifestyle. Can a large country de-shape themselves back to pre-Internet times?

 

[Accname]

Not possible.
Even iran has its nerds and they will fight, if must be in an underground movement, to get internet back to their people.

 

[tom_mai78101]

Then you just gave me a whole new perspective: V for Vendetta, Iran-style.

 

[FireCat]

omg how will I access my favorite iranian websites !?

Don't worry! the :nuts: idea, has been denied!

Read More Here.

 

[Slapshot136]

We have known that the Internet has effective shaped our lifestyle. Can a large country de-shape themselves back to pre-Internet times?

they aren't completely cutting their people off the internet, rather they are creating their own Iranet if you will, people will still be on the Iranian version of facebook, the Iranian version of Google, etc.

 

[DM Cross]

Iran is backwards and bloody retarded, in my opinion. This just goes that much farther to prove it...

They're all about making noise over there... That's all they do; Make noise.

 

[Varine]

Not possible.
Even iran has its nerds and they will fight, if must be in an underground movement, to get internet back to their people.

You mean like Anon? Because they're always so effective.

 

[camelCase]

... and atheism” and that the government plans to eliminate these net-based “scourges.”

Umm..
What?