Internet in Iran disruped ahead of elections, again

A little under two weeks ago, Iran, which already has a pretty guarded Internet, started blocking the Internet more, so that people who were using special connections to access e-mail and sites, like Google Docs were not able to access those generic sites, at all. According to reports, Internet services were once again blocked in Iran on Monday and many fear that it is government censorship that is taking place, just ahead of elections. This time it seems that all websites that utilize the Secure Socket Protocol are affected. Sites whose addresses begin with 'https' do not seem to open, according to a technology expert based in Tehran who wished to remain unnamed. The expert said, "The situation regarding accessing these websites is even worse than last week because the VPNs are not working."

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