Iran announces ‘halal Internet,’ new cyberdefense study programs

Source: Cyrus Farivar, The Internet of Elsewhere. On Friday, Ali Aghamohammadi, the Ahmadinejad Administration’s head of economic affairs was quoted in IRNA, a state-run news agency that Iran was working on a “halal Internet.” “Iran will soon create an internet that conforms to Islamic principles, to improve its communication and trade links with the world,” [...]