Google Blocked and Unblocked in Iran

I already blogged about this today, so in order that I not plagiarize myself, please click here to read about it in full. The gist is that Google was blocked in Iran, this block was confirmed by an Iranian official, and then Google was unblocked because, officials say, the block had been an error.

It’s important to note that the initial comments confirming the filtering did not give a reason for it, so it’s entirely possibly that it truly was an error all along. But since YouTube, Flickr, and Facebook have been and/or are currently banned in Iran, it makes you wonder if Google would ever be banned for real, and what the repercussions would be.