Iran Bans Google

In yet another affront by the Iranian government on it’s people, they have banned access to Google and Gmail inside the nation of Iran. These kinds of stories always catch my eye. Freedom of information is always key to the freedom of people, and you can always tell the governments which are suppressive by how they treat internet access. The Internet is the most free medium of information that has ever existed, and governments like Iran are interested in filtering out that freedom of information. They want to keep their population dumb and unable to participate online with the rest of the world freely. Either that or they just want to keep their population from dieing of playing video games.

I’m not one to take on political causes online. I might occasionally state an opinion, but I am no political blogger. But, we all need to, collectively, stay aware of these kinds of things. Internet censorship is a big deal, especially if done at the governmental level. We should always remain aware of any government controls on the internet and never let it start with our own governments.

And those of us in the U.S., don’t think for a second that many in Washington wouldn’t just LOVE to do this. Just look at the battle on talk radio and you’ll see what our current crop of politicians really think of freedom of speech.

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