Iranian Official: State Bans on Social Media Apps Have Slowed Flood Relief
Iranians Ask Why Apps that Could Hasten Relief Remain Blocked State filters on social media apps have reduced the efficiency of relief operations in ...
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January 30, 2019
Renewed Pressure in Iran to Block Instagram After Activist’s Post About Torture Makes Headlines
A labor activist’s widely read Instagram post alleging he was tortured ...
December 17, 2018
Iran’s Oil Minister Joins Twitter, Reigniting Calls for All Iranians to Be Allowed to Use Social Network
Twitter Banned in Iran Since 2009 But Many Officials Are Active Users Iranians from across the political spectrum responded to the ...
November 13, 2018
Iran Poised to Allow Military Full Control Over Internet, Messaging Apps
Bill Claims to Protect “Digital Borders” by Trampling Internet Freedom, Privacy After repeated denials by Iranian ...
August 17, 2018
Judicial Official Refuses to Lift Iran’s Ban on Twitter Despite Growing Use by State Officials
Iran's hardline prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri. After several ...
June 19, 2018
Iran Telegram Ban Strangles Country Amid Struggling Economy, Protests
This report examines the Iranian Judiciary’s ban on the Telegram messaging app, which as of 2018 was integrated into all aspects of daily life in Iran and had some 40 million active users in the country. It assesses what it means for Iranians’ digital rights, ...
May 11, 2018
Eight Internet Freedom Organizations Call on Iran to Lift Ban on Telegram
The undersigned organisations call on the Rouhani administration to challenge the order and call on the Judiciary to revoke the order and end this egregious violation of freedom of expression rights ...
May 6, 2018
Iranian Lawyers: Rouhani Government Can Challenge Judiciary’s Ban on Telegram Messaging App
Iranian President Has Refused to Directly Counter Ban on Widely Used Social Network Two lawyers in Tehran told the Center for Human ...
January 12, 2018
Iran Unblocks Widely Used Messaging App Telegram After Two Weeks
It took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nearly two weeks to lift the ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app, after it was blocked amid state-imposed internet disruption ...