For those worried that our friendly Iranian fascist regime would be denying access to Facebook to keep youngsters from getting bright ideas about voting for reform candidates, never fear. Why even the “reformist” candidate claims it’s merely for moral purposes.
“As far as I know the blocking of this website was due to problems of morality but during this pre-election period, many issues are interpreted as political,” opposition and reformist candidate Mehdi Karroubi said in a briefing to the media in the Iranian capital,Tehran.
via AKI
Yeah. I’m sure that’s it. Everybody knows that keeping people isolated and ignorant protects the morality of the state. 
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I thought keeping gays from getting married protected the morality of the state. Of course Iran doesn’t have any gays, so this must be the only other way.
That and keeping people from enjoying bacon wrapped hot dogs.
Are kosher dogs wrapped in turkey bacon acceptable?
[...] on iran and facebook [...]
I don’t know if LA makes that distinction.