Iran blocks Facebook ahead of presidential election

[MrBig]

Source: CNN

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- The Iranian government has blocked access to the social networking site Facebook amid political jockeying for the June 12 presidential elections, according to the semi-official Iranian Labour News Agency.

Reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi -- a former prime minister considered a threat to current hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- created a Facebook page for his campaign that has more than 5,000 supporters on the site.

Those attempting to visit Facebook received a message in Farsi saying, "Access to this site is not possible," according to CNN personnel in Tehran.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/iran.elections.facebook/index.html?iref=newssearch

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This is an important election that will have obvious global consequences. We can only hope that Ahmadinejad and his far right wing party go home with their tails between their legs.

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1. I'm sure that the reich wing here is now kicking themselves

For not doing that here right before the election.

[Posteritatis]

2. I wonder how many hours before people start finding ways around the ban

Net interprets censorship as damage, etc.

Pretty obvious that this was for political reasons, especially with a young and relatively connected population.