The first months of the Raisi administration, and the progress of a draconian parliamentary bill suggest difficult times ahead for digital rights.
Author - Kaveh Azarhoosh
Filterwatch
After a campaign that kept central digital rights issues off the agenda, the prospects for a post-election shift on digital rights are nil.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
6 months ago
A new resolution from Iran’s top internet policy-making body is a calculated attack on online expression ahead of June’s presidential elections.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
9 months ago
A leaked draft of an Iran-China cooperation agreement highlights numerous threats to Iranians’ digital rights, and to the country’s growing technology sector.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
13 Nov 2020
The new state-backed VPN scheme may be the tool the Iranian government needs for the realisations of “layered filtering”in the country.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
14 Aug 2020
As states turn to tech to help track and contain the pandemic, Iran’s poor record on privacy and data protection is holding it back.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
26 May 2020
Iran’s security forces and Judiciary play a central role in undermining human rights online for all Iranians. Our regular reports will hold them to account.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
18 Mar 2020
As Iran’s information control infrastructure expands, so must the methods for resisting it.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
23 Jan 2020
Filterwatch’s new monthly Network Monitor will report on the state of the internet in Iran and and help make sense of any disruptions.
Kaveh Azarhoosh
20 Jan 2020