Iran will put into effect a recently passed law which aims at reducing cybercrimes and providing surfers with more security in cyberspace. The law, which has been ratified by the Parliament (Majlis) and approved by the Guardian Council as well, stipulates punishments for specified illegal activities in cyberspace.

Under an article of the law pertinent to ’secret information’ and ‘invasion of privacy’, for instance, an individual will be subject to punishment in the form of a fine or imprisonment if they release other individuals’ private information without their approval in a smearing act.

See? The clerics and the president are only thinking of your protection when they invade your privacy. This legislation only serves to prevent you from being ripped of by unscrupulous porn operations who might steal your credit card information when you decide to order a 6-hour DVD of hot full-burqa-on-burqa action.


Iranians are smart, though. I don't think there's anything this government can come up with that savvy techies there won't find a path around.

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