All over the world, the rights to privacy, free expression, and assembly are being eroded as states work to undermine the foundations of the free and open internet. Iran is leading the global offensive against the free Internet with the development of its National Information Network, which is forcing fundamental and dangerous shifts in the way Iranian citizens engage in online spaces.<\/p>\n
Filterwatch aims to provide the information and tools to enable journalists, human rights advocates, and campaigners to hold Iranian policy-makers to account, and to advocate for a free and open internet in Iran, for the benefit of all Iranians.<\/p>\n
Filterwatch is a project of the Miaan Group<\/a>, an organization that works to support internet freedom and the free flow of information in Iran and the wider Middle East.\u00a0 Filterwatch aims to:<\/p>\n Filterwatch was originally launched in 2012 by Small Media<\/a>, a London-based\u00a0digital rights organisation.<\/p>\n\n