Iran : Tightening the Net 2020
▻https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TTN-report-2020.pdf
In November 2019, protests broke out across Iran over a fuel price hike ; authorities responded with violence and repression. They also disconnected millions of Iranians from the Internet.Iran’s November shutdowns were unprecedented in length and reach. On a vast scale, they cut people off from vital information and from each other. Authorities subjected protesters to violent assaults without the exposure that access to the Internet enables. The ability to conduct these shutdowns is the (...)