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 Persisch meist benutzte Bloggersprache nach Englisch
Iranian blogs continue its dynamic existence in 2005 and Persian language has become second most used language (After English Persian ties with
French) in Blogosphere. Here we look at some events in Iranian Blog city in 2005 which have importance in our eyes: 1-Blogger in Jail: Saminnejad,
an Iran based blogger, was accused of jeopardizing national security and insulting Leader. (Read GV) Un fortunately he is still in prison in Iran. Don’t forget him!
2-Filtering & Hacking: Iranian blogs & sites have been become victims of official filtering and apparently non official hacking. Mr.Moin
a reformist presidential candidate, writes that twice his blog was hacked. According to him they ( government ) are too shy to filter it directly”.
continue here http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/2005/12/27/iranian-blogs-2005/
Mullahs versus the bloggers
Ben Macintyre
The explosive growth of youthful, irreverent online diaries has alarmed Iran's hardline Government
THE MUSIC OF Eric Clapton was banned in Iran this week. Broadcasters were ordered to cease playing “decadent” western songs and stick to “fine Iranian music”. Not content with denying the Holocaust, Israel’s right to exist, and advertising hoardings featuring David Beckham, Iran’s hardline President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has now denied his
people the chance to listen to Layla — cruel and unusual punishment indeed.
But if Iran, under the repressive rule of the ultraconservatives, is silencing the sound of Western pop, in another area of its culture, a wild cacophony of voices has erupted. The blogosphere is exploding. In Iran there are now more than 100,000 active blogs or weblogs, individual online diaries covering every conceivable subject, from pets
to politics. Farsi is the 28th most spoken language in the world, but it now ties with French as the second most used language in the blogosphere. This is the place Iranians call “Weblogistan”: a land of noisy and irreverent free speech.
continue here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1068-1957461,00.html
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