Obama sanctions IT companies complicit with Damas and Tehran

Recent events in Syria and Iran have shown that the ruling regimes have been able to use communications technologies to track, monitor and target dissidents and opponents. Some Western companies have been complicit and have delivered material and expertise that have allowed the security services to arrest or kill journalists and activists.
In order to weaken these states' capacities to use IT for repression the White House has issued an executive order that penalizes individuals or companies that work with Damas and Tehran.
See the Executive Order here: http://www.humanrights.gov/2012/04/23/ghravity-executive-order/