Iran
Iranian makeup zombie Instagramer jailed for 10 years
Iran accused of her “vulgarity.”
CEO of Iranian video sharing platform sentenced to 10 years in jail for video user uploaded
The CEO was made responsible for the content of a single uploader.
Bridgefy is considered to be a private app for protesters but is a privacy nightmare
The app has been leaking identities.
Telegram founder calls for resistance against China and Iran’s censorship
After Russia caved, Durov now wants help to push back against the app’s suppression in China and Iran.
Ted Cruz leads senators calling for Iranian leaders to be banned from Twitter
Cruz and three other senators want Twitter to close Iranian accounts to support US sanctions.
US orders domain name registrar to end service for Iranian news agency, taking the website offline
The agency claims the US Treasury Department has placed it on a list of blocked entities.
Instagram is deleting any posts in support of Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani
The move is to comply with US sanctions.
US Military parody account goes viral by “drafting” everyone on Twitter
You can’t stop the memes.
Iran censors the internet in anticipation of more protests
More protests are expected from December 26th.
Iran considers internet “whitelist” of approved websites, all others will be blocked
The move follows a period of complete internet blackout in the region.
When the internet is cut off, protestors find it hard to rely on bitcoin
Iran and Hong Kong have both experienced recent shutdowns.