Oppression and the Internet, Iranian style
What happened? According to the report’s analysis, Iran has cracked down on every front online. Since the Internet was used to organize protests after the disputed June 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country’s government enacted a Computer Crime Law the next month severely restricting acceptable content online and banning anything vaguely resembling political opposition, including women’s rights, homosexual rights, and content considered insulting to religious figures.