thisistheverge: Iranian leader’s fatwa against anti-filtering tools censored by its internet filter Iran’s attempts at censoring digital communications have come under global scrutiny in recent months, and now the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a fatwa outlawing anti-filtering tools that help citizens access blocked material on the internet. However, in an ironic twist, less than 30 hours after being published the religious edict itself was blocked to those trying to access it inside the country. 
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Iranian leader’s fatwa against anti-filtering tools censored by its internet filter

Iran’s attempts at censoring digital communications have come under global scrutiny in recent months, and now the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a fatwa outlawing anti-filtering tools that help citizens access blocked material on the internet. However, in an ironic twist, less than 30 hours after being published the religious edict itself was blocked to those trying to access it inside the country. 

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