Free speech is dead: the US seizes Iranian news sites

Freedom of Speech is dead, apparently. Harbinger of things to come elsewhere, on social media – including LinkedIn?

Iranian news site www.presstv.com seized and shut down by the U.S. government. Along with dozens of other Iranian web sites.

zerohedge.com ↗

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  1. Tom Kirkman

    ^ that is the image you see when you go to the website
    http://www.presstv.com

  2. Tom Kirkman

    ^ that is the image you see when you go to the website
    http://www.presstv.com

  3. Tom Kirkman

    Press TV, which is an Iranian news website. Think the Iranian version of CNN.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV

    Yes, the news site is disinformation, but so is CNN.

    Scary that the U.S. government is seizing foreign news websites. The overt censorship is only going to get worse, it seems.

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