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Tag : Supreme Cyberspace Council

December 17, 2018

Why Did Telegram Warn Users That Iranian Versions of the Telegram App—Talaeii and Hotgram—Are “Unsafe”?

Iranian Client Apps Are Violating Telegram's Terms of Service by Failing to Protect User Data December 17, 2018 – In response to a rising ...

April 18, 2018

Khamenei’s Dropping of Telegram Channel Lays Groundwork for Banning Messaging App

Most Iranians Distrust Domestic Messaging Apps, Will Use VPNs to Stay on Telegram Two days after the secretary ...

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 ...

January 10, 2018

Internet Cut-Off During Recent Unrest in Iran Reveals Tehran’s New Cyber Capabilities

Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran provides an in-depth review of Iran’s internet policies and initiatives, in particular, the development of its state-controlled National Internet Network (NIN), which gives the government newly expanded abilities to control Iranians’ access ...

November 18, 2017

Iranian Official Threatens “Restrictions” on Social Media Networks That Reject State Censorship Policies

A senior official representing Iran’s top internet regulation body has threatened to take action against social media applications that refuse to comply with the country’s strict censorship rules ...

November 15, 2017

Iran’s Requirement for Internet Users to Verify Their Identity Would Further Erode Privacy Rights

Ongoing announcements by Iranian officials that every citizen in the country will soon be required to verify their identity to use the internet indicates that the state is moving towards further eroding individual privacy rights ...

June 3, 2016

Hardline Council Fires New Shot against Rouhani Administration in Battle Over Social Media in Iran

Directive Forcing Messaging Apps to Store User Data in Iran Would Give Authorities Access to Accounts The directive by Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council to require ...

September 28, 2015

Judiciary Silent on Status of Tech Expert almost Two Months after His Arrest

Arash Zad, Information Technology Expert Nearly two months after the arrest of information technology expert ...

September 17, 2015

Telegram Denies Claims by Iranian Government that it Has Servers in Iran

The popular instant messaging service Telegram has dismissed claims by Iranian officials that a third of the data from its Iranian users is ...

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