In the June edition of Policy Monitor, we bring you the latest following the first meeting of the Supreme Council for Cyberspace in four months and the first in the current Iranian calendar. A recent session saw the SCC pass an important new resolution on the National Information Network – a project which continues toContinue reading “Policy Monitor – June 2020”
Yearly Archives: 2020
FATAwatch: January – March 2020
During the COVID-19 crisis, the Iranian judiciary and Cyber Police (FATA) have played a central role in not only implementing a crackdown on freedom of expression and privacy online, but also in defining and shaping it. The first three months of 2020 demonstrated that the Iranian judiciary and Cyber Police are pursuing an active policyContinue reading “FATAwatch: January – March 2020”
Policy Monitor – May 2020
With their attention still largely consumed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Iranian authorities have continued to move slowly on internet policy. Although it was another relatively quiet month for digital rights developments, May was far from uneventful elsewhere. According to official figures in May, Iran saw another significant increase in COVID-19 cases, following the relaxationContinue reading “Policy Monitor – May 2020”
Data Insecurity On Iran’s Localised Internet
With our ever increasing dependency on online and digital services, there has been a global rise in the number of data leaks, leaving users and businesses more vulnerable to cyber attacks. This problem is no different in Iran, which has experienced a series of major data leaks in recent years. A particularly significant data leak Continue reading “Data Insecurity On Iran’s Localised Internet”
Network Monitor — May 2020
After experiencing a month almost entirely free from internet disruptions in April, in May Iranians experienced a number of significant disruption events. The four most significant were: May 2–8: Kish Island experienced a near-total internet shutdown for 12 hours on May 2. After this incident, some Internet providers remained disconnected from the internet until May 8. On MayContinue reading “Network Monitor — May 2020”
Iran’s Self-Isolated Internet Is Ill-Equipped To Confront COVID-19
Iran has been on the frontlines of the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic for several months now. With its first documented cases arriving in the city of Qom on February 19, the virus spread rapidly, claiming at least 6,028 lives according to official figures as of May 1. In response to the crisis, the IranianContinue reading “Iran’s Self-Isolated Internet Is Ill-Equipped To Confront COVID-19”
Policy Monitor — April 2020
The COVID-19 crisis continues for another month, claiming lives and devastating families across the globe. In Iran, the rate of infection is continuing to grow daily, with the total official number of infections reaching 109,276 and the total number of deaths coming to 6,586 to date. Though according to the Health Ministry’s statistics suggest someContinue reading “Policy Monitor — April 2020”
Network Monitor — April 2020
Since the total internet shutdown in Iran in November 2019, we’ve not yet experienced a full month without any shutdowns or heavy disruptions. However, over the course of April, our Network Monitor team observed no major disruptions whatsoever. According to data from Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) there were only two very brief disruption incidents, onContinue reading “Network Monitor — April 2020”
Policy Monitor — March 2020
As the Iranian calendar year came to a close this March, there were few signs of the traditional Nowruz celebration as the country continued its fight against the spread of COVID-19. Though some good news emerged from the crisis this month with a number of prisoners with security and political charges being granted temporary release,Continue reading “Policy Monitor — March 2020”
Network Monitor — March 2020
Iran was plunged into yet another major crisis in March, with the COVID-19 outbreak spreading rapidly from its epicentre in Qom to villages, towns, and cities across the country. The public health emergency, which according to Iranian authorities has seen 53,183 recorded cases and 3,294 deaths (as of April 3), has resulted in massive socialContinue reading “Network Monitor — March 2020”