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		Desinderlase on April 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran plans to unplug the Internet, launch its own ... So why do they think that isolation from the internet will make things safer for them?

btown on April 10, 2012 [–]

IMO it's entirely because they're worried about another Arab Spring. If they control the only Twitter and the only Faceburqa, it becomes much more difficult for protesters to organize on that scale.

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