Following the nationwide protests that began on December 28, Iran’s internet underwent a dramatic transformation. What started as regional and targeted disruptions shifted into a near-total nationwide blackout on January 8 with even the National Information Network (NIN) largely inaccessible, severing access to everything from banking to government services. While connectivity began a phased restorationContinue reading "A Month of Iran’s Internet: From Regional Disruptions and Blackouts to a new Whitelisted Reality "
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Whose Internet? The battle over the Future of Iran’s Internet
On 22 February, a committee of Iranian MPs voted 18 to 1 to pass a bill now commonly referred to as the “User Protection Bill”. The vote received unprecedented public attention in the weeks and months leading up to it due to the common perception among Iranians that the bill intends to restrict their accessContinue reading "Whose Internet? The battle over the Future of Iran’s Internet"