As Khuzestan's inhabitants take to the streets to protest chronic water shortages, authorities are using hyper-local network disruptions to try to contain the unrest.
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This report tells the story of digital rights in Iran in the final year of the Rouhani administration, amidst the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2 months ago
This Filterwatch Yearbook is the first of two reports assessing the state of human rights online at the close of the Rouhani era.
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2 months ago
FATA and Iran’s Judiciary continue their clampdown on “disinformation”, and accelerate their campaign against online gambling.
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2 months ago
FATA continued its crackdown on Iran’s online space, with political charges, corruption, and gambling being major themes this quarter.
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4 months ago
As protests began to escalate across the province, Iranian authorities again ordered an internet shutdown to obscure a harsh crackdown.
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5 months ago
The ICT Minister's clash with the judiciary was over a number of claims, but defending Internet freedoms in Iran was not one of them.
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6 months ago
The report published by Yale’s Justice Collaboratory and supported by Filterwatch shines a light on the effects of Telegram’s governance mechanisms on its users in...
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6 months ago
This quarter, Iranian law enforcement continued to crack down on online activists and social media influencers, and policed free expression online.
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7 months ago
