Iran is consistently ranked “not free” in Freedom House’s annual Freedom on the Net research reports. The country received a dismal score of 12 (on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the most free) in the 2024 report, amid wide-reaching censorship and surveillance. In a bid to restrict access to the global,Continue reading “Open Technology Fund’s Security Lab Finds Three Widely Used Iranian Messaging Apps Are Not Safe”
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Domestic Messaging Apps: Leading in Surveillance, Lagging in Service
Executive Summary Research and polling by Filterban show that in the past year, more than 67 percent of internet users in Iran have been forced to download and use domestic messaging apps at least once. This poll, conducted from mid-to-late June 2023, reveals how the government employs various direct and indirect tactics to push citizensContinue reading “Domestic Messaging Apps: Leading in Surveillance, Lagging in Service”