{"id":2759,"date":"2009-11-15T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T20:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2009-11-15T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T20:07:44","slug":"ap-iran-forms-unit-to-go-after-opposition-on-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/15\/ap-iran-forms-unit-to-go-after-opposition-on-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"AP: Iran forms unit to go after opposition on Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cfarivar\/3702700886\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2488\/3702700886_e4c0e5c2c8_d.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hyua44F_93IozGNJ2tB3JG3MwQIwD9BVCDVG0\">The Associated Press, November 14 2009<\/a>:<i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police Col. Mehrdad Omidi, who heads the Internet crime unit, said the committee will fight &#8220;insults and the spreading of lies,&#8221; terms widely used by the judiciary to describe opposition activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the spread of Internet use, police must confront crimes taking place in the Web atmosphere,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A special committee has been set up to monitor the Internet and deal with crimes &#8230; such as fraud, &#8230; insults and the spreading of lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Omidi specifically said the 12-member unit will intervene in &#8220;political matters on the Internet should there be an illegal act.&#8221; The official said the unit will operate under the direction of the prosecution office.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities have banned most Web sites linked to Iran&#8217;s opposition or those containing articles supporting the reform movement. The opposition has continued to set up new Web sites within days of the old ones being blocked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press, November 14 2009: TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday. Police Col. Mehrdad Omidi, who heads the Internet crime unit, said the committee will fight &#8220;insults and the spreading of lies,&#8221; terms widely used by the judiciary to describe opposition activities. &#8220;Given the spread of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[92,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-internet","category-iran","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uks-Iv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}