TEHRAN - Iranians faced a second and more extensive disruption of Internet access on Monday, just a week after email and social networking sites were blocked, raising concerns about state censorship ahead of parliamentary elections.The latest Internet blockade affected the most common form of secure connections, including all encrypted international websites outside of Iran that depend on the Secure Sockets Layer protocol, which display addresses beginning with "https.""Email, proxies and all the secure channels that start with 'https' are not available," said a Tehran-based technology expert who declined to be identified."The situation regarding accessing these websites is even worse than last week because the VPNs are not working."
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