Iran under the rule of mullahs is among the three countries in the world that block Twitter, Facebook and YouTube according to new data published.
Iran has blocked Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube on since they were banned following the popular uprising in the country in 2009 when the protesters widely used internet to send information about the regime’s crackdown of public protests.
The images sent to the world included the last moments of Neda Agha Soltan in the streets of Tehran as she was shot and killed by government agents.
China also blocked all three websites, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in 2009.
The third country that blocks all three is North Korea where Internet access is highly restricted.
This data was compiled with help from Google’s transparency report, Twitter, and the OpenNet Initiative, a partnership between the University of Toronto, Harvard, and the SecDev Group in Ottawa.
