Censorship
His weblog, like some other political Persian blogs and websites, has been blocked (or filtered) by the government in Iran, since 2004.
In December 2003, he founded Stop censoring us, a blog to watch the situation of internet censorship in Iran. He's also appeared a few times on a VOA Persian TV show to talk about Internet censorship and methods to get around filters.
Read more about this topic: Hossein Derakhshan
Famous quotes containing the word censorship:
“The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)
“... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books—with one hand.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)