June 24, 2007
Iran to reward denouncing of 'immoral' messages
This is wild. According to The Middle East Times, Iran is encouraging people who receive "immoral" messages on their mobile phones to report them to the judiciary and receive a reward, a press report said Sunday.
"There are rewards for those who report senders of immoral MMSs [multimedia messages] to the judiciary," the head of Iran's telecommunications company, Vafa Ghaffarian was quoting as saying by the Etemad daily.
Iran applies tough censorship on cultural products and Internet access, banning thousands of Web sites and blogs (online journals) containing sexual and politically critical material, as well as women's rights and social networking sites.
Mobile phone owners can put in an official complaint against the senders of offensive messages who will be fined and lose their subscription.
During a recent crackdown on vice and unIslamic dressers, there were reports of police checking mobile phones in some parts of the capital in search of illicit content."
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