Tehran, YJC. Jannati says his department is going to take measures to cut the edge of internet censorship.
Speaking at a meeting with digital press activists on Monday evening,
Culture Minister Ali Jannati criticized the internet censorship inside Iran and
stated that the Ministry of Culture is going to take measures to bring Iranian users’
internet access to a more standard level.
Jannati said "We must talk to the Filtering Examples Committee so that
not only Facebook, but most of the social networks are made available.”
He added "After all, Facebook has to do with the Filtering Examples
Committee which is not under the direct command of the Ministry of Culture and
we have only one representative in the committee. But we must talk to all our
friends in the committee.”
"Today information is easily conveyed and we have no choice but to
facilitate free access to it. We must tap the circumstances,” he asserted.
The Minister of Culture further
said "Neither does censorship prevent access to information nor do preventive
measures hinder contact with the global village. Satellites are launched to space
through which mobile phones can receive hundreds of TV channels. How can one
resist the technology?”
He further concluded that there is no choice but to produce content,
adding "As for TV channels things like radio jamming, limiting access to
satellite channels, and installing dishes and receivers cannot be of any use. We
must think of the solution and progress toward affirmative actions to prevent
the use of foreign TVs and digital media by producing attractive, useful
content.”