Iran Launches YouTube Clone, Sans Anti-Islamic Videos

After years of the country blocking its population from sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, yesterday Iran launched its own video-sharing website as an alternative to YouTube. The site, called Mehr (the Farsi word for "affection"), seeks to do away with anti-Islamic and anti-government content found on YouTube and to promote Islamic and Iranian culture and values.

After years of the country blocking its population from sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, yesterday Iran launched its own video-sharing website as an alternative to YouTube.  The site, called Mehr (the Farsi word for “affection”), seeks to do away with anti-Islamic and anti-government content found on YouTube and to promote Islamic and Iranian culture and values.

AFP reports that Lotfollah Siahkali, deputy chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), said, “From now on, people can upload their short films on the website and access (IRIB) produced material.” 

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