The Middle East.

The Iranian government has blocked all access to the popular social network, Facebook. Mir Hossein Mousavi is a reformist candidate for the presidential elections of Iran, which shall be held in June. Mousavi has been using Facebook to gain supporters, which is why Iran’s government banned Facebook. The Iranian Labour News Agency said that ”according to certain Internet surfers, the site was banned because supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi were using Facebook to better disseminate the candidate’s positions”. The ILNA believes that this social networking website was banned due to Mousavi’s use to gain supporters and how in modern times people are turning to the Internet for information about presidential candidates.

Both of us used Facebook quiet regularly, to talking to friends. One of us can also relate to the now Facebook-less people of Iran, since one of our parents have blocked Facebook from our household, however their reason has nothing to do with presidential elections.

information BBC news, image from Google images