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Tag : internet freedom in Iran

March 1, 2019

Millions of iPhone Users Unable to Use Iranian Apps Due to Apple Certificate Revocation 

A new move by the Apple Corporation aimed at protecting user data has resulted in Iranian apps becoming unusable on the iOS mobile operating system as of February 27, 2019, for some 9 million users. Apple said it ...

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 new presence on Twitter by Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh by urging the government to lift ...

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 officials about the existence of a bill that would allow an elite branch of the ...

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 7, 2018

State-Owned Telecommunications Company Has Yet to Comply With Judicial Order to Block Telegram

President Rouhani Claims Supreme Leader Ordered Ban on Messaging App Used by 40 Million Investigations by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) show that Iran’s Telecommunications Infrastructure Company (TIC), which operates under President Hassan ...

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 Rights in Iran (CHRI) that the Iranian president has the authority to object to the ...

April 30, 2018

In a Desperate Move to Squash Internet Freedom, Iran Blocks Telegram

Ban Unlikely to Stop Most of Telegram’s 40 Million Users in Iran April 30, 2018--The Iranian Judiciary has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to the country’s most used messaging app, Telegram, in an ...

April 5, 2018

Iran Poised to Block Popular Telegram Messaging App But Lacks Feasible Alternative

Decision made at the “highest level” has set the stage for blocking social network used by 40 million. App can be blocked on supreme leader’s order but Iranians unlikely to flock to domestic alternatives due to ...

March 12, 2018

Iran Considers Lifting Its Nine-Year Ban on Twitter

A meeting of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace. State Body Calls Social Media an “Effective Means of Public Diplomacy” The Iranian government’s top internet policy body is currently debating whether it should ...

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