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'Intelligent software' set to control social media  An Iranian
official has announced Tehran is creating special software to
control Internet access to social media. But experts doubt this
will give the government complete control of cyberspace.  Iran
is designing "intelligent software" that would give citizens
restricted and controlled access to filtered social media
websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, media in Iran said,
quoting the chief of police, Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam.
Moghadam claimed that smart control of the user's activities in
social networks would help eliminate the "disadvantages" of
these websites, while at the same time allowing people to
benefit from their "useful" content.  A keybord with an Iran
symbol on it  Tehran has tight control over Internet content -
but it could be tighter  Access to and use of Western social
media websites is already restricted and filtered in Iran. Th