Free access to information online is a vital component of democratic societies. However, something that is taken for granted ...

Iran was the second place in the world for internet censorship in 2022 after repeatedly shutting off the internet in parts of country and blocking access to social media platforms to curb protests ...

The internet in Iran is among the worst worldwide and the cause might be the government's censorship boost. Blocked websites, daily disruptions, slower speeds, and filtering saturation of IP ...

To suppress dissent, Iran’s regime regularly uses internet blockades and censorship to keep videos and images of the protests from reaching the population. In 2019, when more than 100 protesters ...

A senior White House official asked US tech company Cloudflare to help circumvent internet censorship in Iran after protests erupted in that country last September but US sanctions prevented the ...

“There has always been a kind of cat-and-mouse game when it has come to internet censorship in Iran,” Alimardani said. The government has long blocked Facebook and Twitter. Alimardani said ...

Its Outline VPN can now be built directly into apps—making it harder for governments to block internet access, particularly during protests. Google is launching new anti-censorship technology ...

WhatsApp is launching a proxy server to combat censorship in some countries ... with government restrictions on internet access, such as was the case with Iran, usage of a proxy server can let ...

Panahi received the 2025 Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s also the focus of the 2025 Sydney ...

This is focusing in particular on well-known censorship systems such as the ‘Great Firewall’ of China or censorship in Iran ... Mechanisms to ensure a freer internet The researchers have ...