At a September 16 press conference, Masoud Pezeshkian spoke of his administration’s plan to reform the framework for filtering, a proposal he also raised at the Supreme Security Council. However, in practice, a different outcome has emerged. Recent network developments have seen widespread outages due to the Infrastructure Communications Company’s monopoly on internet service provision.Continue reading “Government Tightens Control, Ignoring Experts’ Calls for Global Engagement and Open Internet”
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Ebrahim Raisi’s Enduring Impact on the Internet: A Legacy of Destruction
The administration of the president who promised that “internet speed should not affect gamers” ended unexpectedly with a helicopter crash in May 2024. However, his legacy regarding the internet and the “right to free access to the internet” remains enduring. Although some initiatives such as the national internet, tiered internet access, privacy and user securityContinue reading “Ebrahim Raisi’s Enduring Impact on the Internet: A Legacy of Destruction”