Victims of Iranian Censorship Act - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Victims of Iranian Censorship Act, more popularly called as the VOICE Act, is the Subtitle D of Title XII of Public Law 111-84, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 is a law in the United States signed by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009. As a bill it was H.R. 2647 in the 111th Congress...

, USA., legitimately passed and signed on October 28, 2009. On January 21, 2010, according to the spirit of this Act, USA Secretary of State

Secretary of State

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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delivered a public speech “On Internet Freedom,” exploring positive aspects of internet freedom and emphasizing that,

“But the vision of a world in which all people enjoyed freedom of expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear

Freedom from Fear

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transcended the troubles of his day. […] Today, we find an urgent need to protect these freedoms on the digital frontiers of the 21st century. There are many other networks in the world. Some aid in the movement of people or resources, and some facilitate exchanges between individuals with the same work or interests. But the internet

Internet

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is a network that magnifies the power and potential of all others. And that’s why we believe it’s critical that its users are assured certain basic freedoms. Freedom of expression is first among them.”

On April 01, 2010, USA President

President

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Barack Obama

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endorsed a letter for a report to ensure the free flow of information to Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

and to enhance the abilities of Iranians to exercise their universal rights. Thus, the VOICE Act has became one of the principles of USA policy both domestically and diplomatically.

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