I'm not living in Silicon Valley tech bubble. I'm currently living in Iran, and probably know more (much more) than you about what's happening, and why. I can a

I'm not living in Silicon Valley tech bubble. I'm currently living in Iran, and probably know more (much more) than you about what's happening, and why. I can assure you it's got nothing with more security, and everything with trying to limit people access to free media. And just FYI: I access Internet through a 256kbps (with lowercase k) connection that's heavily filtered. Sites like YouTube, Facebook, twitter, and almost every other social network, along with almost all major news gathering websites (BBC, CNN, NYTimes, Washington Post, ...) and now google and gmail are blocked. Last week it took me 1 hour and 40 minutes (yes, i timed it) to download a mere 12MB zip file from my email inbox (it was a beta software I wanted to test) because the connection just kept resetting 6.5 MB through. After that I gave up and asked them to upload their beta, unreleased software to droplr.com so I can download it. I'd take US hegemony everyday instead of this. And am more than willing to switch my place with you.