“The Iranian government jams satellite signals to shut down television and radio broadcasts,” Obama said.
“It censors the Internet to control what the Iranian people can see and say. The regime monitors computers and cell phones for the sole purpose of protecting its own power. And in recent weeks, Internet restrictions have become so severe that Iranians cannot communicate freely with their loved ones within Iran, or beyond its borders. Technologies that should empower citizens are being used to repress them.”
Because of the actions, Obama said “an electronic curtain has fallen around Iran — a barrier that stops the free flow of information and ideas into the country, and denies the rest of the world the benefit of interacting with the Iranian people, who have so much to offer.”
“I want the Iranian people to know that America seeks a dialogue to hear your views and understand your aspirations,” he added.
“That’s why we set up a Virtual Embassy, so you can see for yourselves what the United States is saying and doing. We’re using Farsi on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.”
Even as Washington has imposed sanctions on the Iranian government, Obama said his administration “is issuing new guidelines to make it easier for American businesses to provide software and services into Iran that will make it easier for the Iranian people to use the Internet.”
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/20/201992.html
Previously:
The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
http://vrritti.com/2012/03/16/the-nsa-is-building-the-countrys-biggest-spy-center-watch-what-you-say/
