Iran
Country Profile: Iran
Background
Speech in the Islamic Republic of Iran is heavily regulated. The limits to freedom of expression in Iran are grounded in the constitution and speech restrictions extend over a broad range of topics, including religion, immorality, social harmony and politics. In comparison...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Iran Creates Stricter Controls in Internet Cafés Ahead of Elections
The Iranian government is stepping up controls on the Internet in the country, just in time for the country's legislative elections in March. New measures have been placed on Internet cafés that will now require users to provide...
- Posted on 20/Jan/2012; tagged in Human rights, Iran, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: January 13, 2012
Members of the NetCoalition trade association are considering shutting down in protest of the SOPA bill that's about to be voted on in Congress. Companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been discussing the possibility of conducting a mass Internet...
- Posted on 13/Jan/2012; tagged in Asia, India, Iran, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Obscenity, Surveillance, Take-down, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: January 6, 2012
Iran's parliament has recently proposed to implement stricter controls over the Internet, including placing blog posts, comments, and text messages under the same surveillance as mainstream media. In attempts to create a "national" and "clean" Internet, the Iranian government is acting...
- Posted on 06/Jan/2012; tagged in Copyright, Europe, Iran, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: New Canada Centre Report Tracks Challenges of Censored Internet for Global Broadcasters
An international research team based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs has released a detailed report that tracks and analyzes the difficulties of broadcasting the news...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 16, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 16/Sep/2011; tagged in Algeria, Asia, Burma, Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Thailand, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 9, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 09/Sep/2011; tagged in Asia, China, Data retention, Geolocational Filtering, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Russia, South Korea, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Iran Ramps Up Internet Control
Iran has ramped up its measures of control on Internet content. Most recently, Iran blocked the rapidly expanding newcomer to the social networking scene, Google+, accusing it of being a US spy tool. This rhetoric is not new for the Iranian...
- Posted on 22/Jul/2011; tagged in Filtering tech and software, Geolocational Filtering, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Social filtering
ONI Blog: Shadows, Suitcases, and Circumvention: U.S. Plans a Mesh Network Shadow Internet in Repressive Regimes
Disclosure: The Berkman Center for Internet & Society participated in a competitive bidding process for State Department funding related to online freedom of expression.
The Obama administration is leading a State Department-funded initiative to deploy a "shadow Internet" and mobile network in...
- Posted on 29/Jun/2011; tagged in Asia, China, Circumvention, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 17th, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 17/Jun/2011; tagged in Arrests and legal action, Asia, Canada, Circumvention, Cybercrime and security, Europe, Filtering tech and software, Geolocational Filtering, Iran, Malaysia, Qatar, Threats to the Open Net, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United States/Canada
