The Iranian government is currently blocking in excess of five million Web sites for hosting content that it deems as unethical and anti-Islamic.
During a conference in Iran, the Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khoram Abadi said most of the sites were blocked because they "contained unethical content" such as pornography and anti-Islamic sentiment.
He said everyday 200-300 unethical sites were being automatically blocked according to
Iran has implemented a policy to require blogs and Web sites based in the country to be registered with the government. Many bloggers have ignored the requirement and only about 850 sites and blogs have registered. In February of 2008 the Iranian parliament passed part of a bill against "computer crimes" which has led to protest by Internet users because of the harsh sentences it would enforce including jail time and execution.
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