Monday, March 16, 2009
IRAN-Internet quickly becoming only refuge
From an article from 2007 we see that press freedom continues to deteriorate. There has become a widening and growing issue between the publics attempt to access information and the government's restrictions upon that information. The decline of information keeps going down as journalists and reformists are being spotted. The public has turned to the internet for freedom of expression. Efforts have continually been made to arrest bloggers over the internet and filter out information. In 2007 the Iran government began to target more internet based media. The public is still finding ways to gain information about their government and around the world, but the government keeps narrowing down the field of information that is available. Internet usage as increased. Satellite dishes are forbidden, but many Iranians have them allowing for many citizens to receive international news coverage. At the end of 2006," YouTube, the New York Times website, and the English version of Wikipedia were all blacklisted at the end of the year. Public use of high-speed Internet connections was banned" More and more bloggers were targeted as well as journalists and many were sent to prison. This epidemic is threatening Iranians self liberty and freedom expression to the harshest extent.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=498
-Amanda Reinstein (IRAN)
Posted by Amanda Reinstein at 10:09 AM 0 comments
Labels: bloggers, internet, journalists, prison
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