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| Iran hacking into broadcasts of at least 3 major news outlets |
| 2010-02-12 |
| At least three major international media outlets have accused Tehran of interfering with their broadcasting, while cracking down on foreign programs aired in the Islamic Republic. The BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America reported jamming that began as Iran marked the 31st anniversary of its Islamic revolution. Strangely, CNN hasn't been affected ... "We condemn any jamming of these channels. It contravenes international agreements and is interfering with the free and open flow of international transmissions that are protected by international treaties," the broadcasters said in a joint statement. "The Iranian authorities are using the same satellite services to broadcast freely around the world including broadcasts in English and Arabic; at the same time they are denying their own people programs coming from the same satellites from the rest of the world," they added. The United States on Thursday accused Iran of imposing a "near-total information blockade" over the course of the day. The State Department cited evidence that telephone networks had been silenced, SMS messages blocked and that the Internet had been "throttled." The Gmail email system had also been blocked, said sources. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 No doubt a certain Administration is trying to find out how Iran does this - so it can use the same techniques against Fox. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-12 10:40 |
| #2 Hmmmmmmm......... Maybe they've been controlling MSNBC? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-02-12 07:37 |
| #1 Hey guys, Iran doesn't give a rat's pair of hips about your "condemnation". Get it? You don't amount to a pinch of owl scat to them. Get off your high horse and stop sending out the "strongly worded memos" because nobody on their side is listening to them. They go straight to the shredder. Nobody cares about your words. We need some sort of ACTION. Someone actually needs to DO something besides whine. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-02-12 04:30 |