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TEHRAN, Iran --- Before Nazilla Akbari can check out the latest offerings on Twitter or YouTube, she scrolls through an array of icons on her smartphone, searching for the right workaround to bypass state censors. It's a cat-and-mouse gIranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship
TEHRAN, Iran --- Before Nazilla Akbari can check out the latest offerings on Twitter or YouTube, she scrolls through an array of icons on her smartphone, searching for the right workaround to bypass state censors. It's a cat-and-mouse game that has become second nature in Iran, where the clerically-led government restricts access to popular social media sites and where U.S. sanctions create other barriers. «Every day I struggle for 40 minutes just to get connected to uncensored internet,» Akbari, a 30-year-old software developer, told The Associated Press. "Even after I do, the internet is so slow that I have difficulty even watching a short video....Keep on reading: Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship Read more











