[duncan_bayne]

It must be maddening to try to build a business given such restrictions. We complain about censorship in the West, and to be sure there are problems, but this article puts it in perspective.

Are founders liable for content on their networks? E.g. if I were to post blasphemous content to an Iranian blog, would the blog owner be charged?

[farnoud]

censorship is not that bad. They put responsibility on business owners in order to make their job easier. In practice, censorship is mostly aimed at news sites (mostly foreign websites), social networks (that clearly is not working), and some online ecommerce sites like Amazon and eBay.

I think government prefers localised clones. That actually is not a bad thing for startups here.

situation is improving and startups are booming. I was impressed by the rate of improvement. Iran can steal the torch from all Middle East countries.