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Tag : Telegram ban

July 26, 2018

User reaction to blocking Telegram

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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, ...

June 1, 2018

Iranians Complain of Fake Accounts Created in Their Names on State-Approved Soroush App

The CEO of Iran’s Soroush messaging app, Meysam Sayedsalehi. Tech Experts Urge Rouhani to Stop Stifling of Internet in Iran Several Iranians posted screenshots on ...

May 24, 2018

Eight Iranian Officials Call For Lifting Ban on Twitter Less Than a Month After State Blocks Telegram

Conservatives Increasingly Endorsing Twitter as Propaganda Front Six Iranian ministers and two members of Parliament (MPs) have sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani calling on him to lift the state’s ban on Twitter. The call comes ...

May 22, 2018

Iran’s Telegram Users Back on the Rise Three Weeks After State Banned the App

Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has revealed that the number of Telegram users in Iran was back on the rise three weeks after the state banned the messaging ...

May 12, 2018

Iran’s Telegram Ban Reveals New Authority By Judiciary to Directly Order Online Content to Blocked

Iran’s ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app has revealed a new state tactic for blocking access to or “filtering” online and digital ...

May 10, 2018

Six Lawyers in Iran File Petition Challenging Ban on Popular Telegram App

Six Iranian lawyers have presented a legal challenge to a recent judicial order blocking access in Iran to the widely used Telegram messaging and social media app, Telegram. On May 7, 2018, attorneys Payam Derafshan, Arash Keykhosravi, Abouzar ...

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