World Tehran blocks access to Facebook

[UndeadDragon]

Iran has blocked access to social networking site Facebook ahead of June's presidential elections, Iran's Ilna news agency and web users say.

Ilna says the move is aimed at stopping supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi from using the site for his campaign.

Facebook, which says it has 175m users worldwide, expressed its disappointment over the reported ban.

So far there has been no comment from the Tehran authorities.

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[Ioannes]

Well, after all, it IS an illiberal democracy there, so nobody should be surprised.

 

[Varine]

Well, after all, it IS an illiberal democracy there, so nobody should be surprised.

They vote, they're just given one option and shot if they don't like it.