Iran unblocks access to Gmail



TEHRAN  - Iran on Monday removed online blocks on Gmail but a govt Internet filtering committee official said other, additional censorship was being prepared against YouTube. Internet users in Iran found themselves able to freely access their Gmail accounts for the first time since the blocks were suddenly established on Sept 24. The secure-protocol HTTPS version of Google search was also made accessible after being blocked at the same time. The unsecure HTTP version of Google search was never blocked. Abdolsamad Khoramabadi, the secretary of an official group tasked with detecting Internet content deemed illegal, had said in a message last week that “Google and Gmail will be filtered nationwide... until further notice.”

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