U.S. seizes 33 website domains of Iranian 'News" outlets

[Whitey Ford]

US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation



The internets were invented as part of a US Gvt program called the ARPANET way back in the day. A US Agency called ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) gave tons of money to computer scientists back in the 70's and they began linking their computers together creating a loose framework of computers together. This eventually became the ARPANET. This was funded by US taxpayers, why was this tech shared with sandmonkeys and apefricans for free? Whitey builds, dindu steals.

American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

The Justice Department said 33 of the seized websites were used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union, which was singled out by the U.S. government last October for what officials described as efforts to spread disinformation and sow discord among American voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

The website domains are owned by U.S. companies, but despite the sanctions, neither the IRTVU nor KH obtained the required licenses from the U.S. government before using the domain names, according to the Justice Department.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-midd...9e1baaa5e30e37

[Sandy]

This is good in one way, but bad in another. This sets a precedent for Democrats to seize any websites they want, especially those owned by Americans, claiming "disinformation."