{"id":8356,"date":"2010-06-18T03:25:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T02:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorised\/regime\/8356-iran-to-create-internet-police-security-chief-says"},"modified":"2023-01-13T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:53:54","slug":"iran-to-create-internet-police-security-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/regime\/iran-to-create-internet-police-security-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran to create internet police, security chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-35362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/internetstop.jpg\" alt=\"Iran to create internet police, security chief says \" title=\"Iran to create internet police, security chief says \" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/internetstop.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/internetstop-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/internetstop-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>CNN &#8211;<\/strong> Iran is creating a new &quot;internet police&quot; force, the head of the country&#039;s security forces said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The force will &quot;identify threats and remove them,&quot; Maj. Gen. Esmaeel Ahmadi Moghadam said.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-government activists relied on websites like Twitter and YouTube to circulate information during last year&#039;s demonstrations against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<\/p>\n<p>The internet police should be up and running &quot;within the next couple of months,&quot; the security chief said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the force was necessary because the &quot;internet is relatively new and is so extensively used,&quot; so &quot;unique and serious threats are felt by users and the society. Identifying these threats and removing them and passing new laws applicable in this space is part of an effort to prevent any harm.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2010\/TECH\/web\/06\/16\/iran.internet.police\/\">For full text click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN &ndash; Iran is creating a new &#8220;internet police&#8221; force, the head of the country&#8217;s security forces said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. 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