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    Oct 7

    🔴 Today, launches the most extensive documentation of the November 2019 in with the report: “ 2020: After Blood and Shutdowns” 🔎Access full resources in English and Farsi at: Please share! 🔻

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  2. Retweeted
    Oct 7

    With the UN General Assembly considering a new privacy resolution, it is more important than ever to take stock of the implications of artificial intelligence for the right to privacy and other human rights. Register for our side event at here:

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  4. : “The ambiguity & lack of transparency is glaring & power holders such as Pres. Rouhani, his Minister of ICT & the Supreme Leader continue to distance themselves from the responsibility of shutting down the Internet.” Dir Saloua Ghazouani outlines

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  5. | 6: 👉 While the State has strict authority over ’s ISPs, this growth of the private sector and its relative autonomy at infrastructure level, is a + sign Iran doesn't want to divest from the global Internet given its profitability to the private sector.

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  6. | 5: 📲 A July 2020 map of ’s ISPs, illustrating a form of “decentralisation” whereby private companies can now be seen directly peering (or connecting) with international Internet connections. Access and 🔎in at:

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  8. | 4: A November 2019 map of ’s ISPs, show how all international Internet connections were initially made through two state-controlled Internet gateways. Access and zoom in at:

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  9. | 3: Leaked notice from ’s Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA) to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ordering a phased (rather than a simultaneous) reconnection of different institutions, excluding areas where protests continued.

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  10. | 2: 's report - launched yesterday - includes findings that reveal the state of Internet infrastructure in and control in November 2019 and compares it to today:

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  11. ’s full control over Internet infrastructure enabled shutdowns on the scale of that seen in 2019. This monopoly over Internet connections, however, is loosening, as maps out, meaning new opportunities to exert pressure on the State:

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  12. Retweeted
    Oct 7

    So, ...who was responsible for the shutdown 📵in Iran? Take a look at our grapich 👇🏻and report 🗒️ After Blood and Shutdowns

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  13. Oct 7

    "The November 2019 shutdown showed, step by step, how can cut itself off from the global internet." Thanks for an excellent article about a crucial issue. Access report 2020: "After Blood and Shutdowns" at:

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    Oct 7

    New research has revealed how Iranian officials were able to shut down connectivity for tens of millions of people in November 2019, painting a picture of control unlike anything anywhere in the world

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    2020: After Blood and Shutdowns” is now available in English and Farsi: the most extensive documentation of the November 2019 Internet Shutdowns in Iran.

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    Really happy to see this work we put together with colleagues out in the world today. As we approach the anniversary of Iran's November 2019 protests, it's more important than ever to ensure Iran . A 🧵below of my highlights of this lengthy report.

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    امروز سازمان آخرین و جامع‌ترین گزارش خود در زمینه‌ی حقوق دیجیتال با محوریت قطع اینترنت در آبان ۱۳۹۸ را منتشر کرد: « گزارش ۲۰۲۰ محدودیت اینترنت: اعتراض، کشتار و قطع اینترنت» اینجا در فارسی یا انگلیسی بخونید:

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  18. Oct 7

    🔊ARTICLE 19 calls on to investigate into the , document Internet governance decision making, prosecute those responsible, and ensure Internet can be accessed at all times, incl. during 🔎[] 🆘Please Share!

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  19. Oct 7

    🔺7: ⚠ Launched today. 🔎[] considers the risks of the National Information Network, and the broader outlook for Internet governance and connectivity in . 🔻

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  20. Oct 7

    🔺6: 🔎[] examines how sanctions 🇺🇸🏴 - including via apps, and financial transactions - have compounded the problem and contributed to further isolating the people of and did not . 🔻

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  21. Oct 7

    🔺5: [🔎] reveals the complex infrastructure and the opacity in decision making processes that have allowed the government of to repeatedly shut down the Internet whenever they choose. [thread]🔻

    Leader of the armed forces? - Supreme Leader? - President?
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