October 1, 2012 11:04 pm GMT
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Google 1, Theocracy 0: Iranians Successfully Demand Gmail Be Unblocked
Iraniansonce again enjoy the crushing freedom to spend their days writing emails, deleting spam, and responding toqueriesto "keep in touch." After Iran cut off access to the country's favorite Google services, citizens and officials were united in protest for their love for Gmail, which is now accessible again. The initial block was inresponse to an anti-Islamic film on Youtube that caused global unrest, "We wanted to block YouTube, and Gmail was also blocked, which was involuntary," said Iran's telecommunications ministry committee, "We do not yet have enough technical know-how to differentiate between these two services."Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bS4f9pOgmUY/
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