Iran fails to block off Justin Bieber Instagram

Iran fails to block off Justin Bieber Instagram -

so-called "smart filtering" of Iran's system is not quite as smart as the Iranian officials thought, as images belonging to some of the worlds biggest Internet stars are flooding Instagram. Yes - now Iranians have the guilty pleasure of being able to dribble, or gawk at the topless images Absolutely fabulous six-pack of Justin Bieber, and do not forget the woman who broke the Internet, Kim Kardashian's busiest generous display. Oh, and there are also Jennifer Lopez!

Instagram represents saucy or bold image display have already been blocked in Iran, at least 983 according to a paper presented at a technology conference in Berlin recently . But now, the Iranians seem to be able to connect to them. This is probably due to Instagram encrypt connections between user devices and servers that Instagram has made it harder for a third party (such as "smart filtering" of Iran's system!) To say that the user accounts to connect . Much to the horror of Iranian extremist clerics, I'm sure!

"smart filtering" of Iran, their piece de resistance, allows the authorities to control what Iranians can and can not access online. For example, they may want to censor certain pages on a Web site that the Islamic government considers immoral, not the entire site. However, "Smart Filtering" Iran has not this time to block a number of Instagram accounts.

The minister of culture of the country of Iran Ali Jannati admitted Sunday they can not block or filter the immoral content of social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram because of technical and geographic capabilities. Good news!

Jannati told police commanders that " government believes that we can not fight against this mass technology. It is like blocking the entire road for the violation of some cars. "

the official number of Instagram users in Iran n ' has not been released, however, Café Bazaar (a consumer Internet company leader in Iran) said 6 million users download the application - all now enjoy Bieber, Kardashian and Lopez

Use a VPN to fight online censorship

according to a study by the Ministry of Sport and Youth, nearly 70% of Iranians, aged between 15 and 29, use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to bypass blocked sites like Twitter (although President Hassan Rouhani is allowed to use it), YouTube and Facebook.

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