U.S. to Impose IT Sanctions on Additional Countries on 'Case-by-Case' Basis
The U.S. will decide "on a case-by-case basis" whether to extend information technology sanctions to other countries, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said in a briefing with reporters April 24. The U.S. recently imposed such sanctions on Iran and Syria, saying technology to limit access to the Internet was being used to limit their citizens' rights (See ITT Online Archives [Ref.12042432]).
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Nuland acknowledged that other governments may be accused of similar limits on citizens' rights. But in the case of Iran and Syria, "the President was making the point, and we were making the point more broadly that these two governments are particularly egregious in this area as, if you will, state-sponsors of censorship," Nuland said.