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Iran shuts down Google mail
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:54:36 -0500
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From: McElyea Shannon <shannonm () gmail com> Date: February 11, 2010 1:40:25 PM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Iran shuts down Google mail
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7208726/Iran-shuts-down-Google-Mail.html By James Quinn in New York Published: 9:58PM GMT 10 Feb 2010 Comments 1 | Comment on this articleIran has blocked access to Gmail, and instead plans to launch its own national email service In a move ahead of Thursday's 31st anniversary of the creation of Iran's Islamic Republic, the national telecoms agency in Tehran said that it will ban Gmail and will instead facilitate its own national email service. The decision, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes just a month after Google threatened to leave China amid concerns that its systems had been attacked by Chinese hackers.The Iranian announcement is understood to be part of a wider crackdown on opposition protests ahead of today's anniversary, which is likely to bring significant protests from both dissenters and supporters of the Islamic revolution. The development came amid reports of significant disruptions to internet services across the country in the last week, as well as delays in text messages being sent. It remained unclear as to what impact the announcement had actually had on the Gmail service in the country. Speaking in June 2009, following protests surrounding last year's Iranian elections, Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive, warned that it was at their "peril" that regimes such as that in Tehran attempt to blackout media sources. YouTube, which is owned by Google, was one of the main ways in which video footage of the protests was beamed around the world. A Google spokesman said: "We have heard from users in Iran that they are having trouble accessing Gmail. We can confirm a sharp drop in traffic and we have looked at our own networks and found that they are working properly.Please Help Salvation Army to help Haiti Text HAITI to cell number 52000 and donate $10 Thank you!
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