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In Iran, Internet surfers battle cyber police | Raw Story

4.2.11

In Iran, Internet surfers battle cyber police | Raw Story: "TEHRAN – Western sanctions have done little to stop the flow of computers and software to Iran, where the real challenge for cyber surfers is getting around local censors who block thousands of websites, including Facebook and YouTube.

Last month, authorities launched the Islamic republic's first Internet police unit to counter the growing popularity of web-based social networks, expected to increase cyber roadblocks in a country with the Middle East's highest number of web surfers."

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