Posts in category “National Information Network”

• Information Controls in Iran’s 2017 Presidential Election

  Introduction In Iran, elections and heightened Internet censorship often go hand in hand. A few weeks before the contested 2009 election, Facebook was blocked and the SMS network was shut down. When the next presidential election rolled around in 2013, the authorities disrupted circumvention tools, and network throttling slowed Internet speeds to a crawl. Such […]

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  Announcement of Iran’s National Cyber Security plan at the first Iran Cyber Security Exhibition

  The Supreme Council of Cyberspace (SCC) has rolled out their plans – focusing on national security at the first Iran Cyber Security Exhibition (ICSE). According to the Nasr organization’s public relation report, Mohammad Hassan Entezari, the head of the SCC, at the grand opening of ISCE, pointed out the SCC’s plans and programs on data communication […]

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  August in #Iran’s Social Media – Trending stories on Facebook

  Last month, the Fields Medal for Mathematics was awarded to a woman for the first time. Maryam Mirzakhani’s Medal also marks the first time an Iranian has been awarded this prestigious award. In other news about important Iranian woman, Simin Behbahani, the outspoken poet, known as the Lioness of Iran passed away and the news […]

• Iran sentenced 8 Facebook activists to total of 127 years in prison

  An Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced 8 Facebook activists to a total of 127 years in prison. The same court had issued serious sentences for another group of individuals that had been active on social media and especially on Fecebook. IRNA, Iran’s official news agency reported on July 13, 2014 that the 8 social media activists […]

• Iran on the Day to End Mass Surveillance

    This was originally posted in Global Voices Advocacy.  The revelations surrounding the surveillance practices of the NSA and other Western government intelligence agencies may have made 2013 the year the Internet lost its innocence within democratic states. But this state of perpetual, pervasive surveillance has long been part of everyday life within the Islamic […]

• Will the Rouhani Administration be Successful in Lifting the Filter on Facebook?

  This post was written by ASL19  researcher Mahsa Alimardani for the Iran Media Program. When the Rouhani administration took office in an environment of pressing foreign and domestic issues, hopes for a more free and open internet were widespread among the Iranian populace and international community. The debate over whether Facebook will be unblocked in […]

• Mahmoud Vaezi Gives His First Interview As Minister of Information and Communications Technology

  Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology sat down with Shargh Newspaper in his first interview as Minister. The following is the translated text: The National Internet does not cut off communication with the global Internet Prior to the election, Mahmoud Vaezi was not a media figure. He publicly professed that he mainly concerned himself with […]

• Moderation of Iran’s Online Media Landscape

  This post was written by ASL 19 and is cross-posted with Herdict. New websites emerge, and moderates and reformists become active online Since the June 14 presidential elections, a number of new, more moderate Iranian news and analysis sites have launched, and we’ve seen a resurgence in activity on many existing reformist websites. Following the election of Hassan […]