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Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [3] Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. [4]
Following the 2009 election protests, Iran ratified the Computer Crimes Law (CCL) in 2010. [36] The CCL established legal regulations for internet censorship. Notable provisions of the CCL include the following: Article 10, which effectively prohibits internet users and companies from using encryption or protecting data in a manner that would "deny access of authorized individuals to data ...
Telegram messenger played a major role in spreading the news about the protests and served as the primary platform to unify the protesters. [14] On 30 December, the Iranian government requested the closing of a Telegram channel called "Amad News" (AMAD standing for Agaahi, awareness, Mobaareze, combat & Democracy) operated by Roohollah Zam which called for use of handmade explosives against ...
Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov returned to the messaging platform Thursday, ... resulting in a ban there. The app also was banned in Iran after the app refused to block channels used by protesters ...
Iran already blocks Facebook, Telegram, Twitter and YouTube, even though top Iranian officials use public accounts on such platforms. Many Iranians get around the bans using virtual private ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has imposed some of the strictest controls on internet access in the world, said on Tuesday that cyberspace needed to be regulated, citing the arrest of ...
Reporters Without Borders described Iran as “one of the world’s five biggest prisons for media personnel" in the 40 years since the revolution. [1] In the Freedom House Index, Iran scored low on political rights and civil liberties and has been classified as 'not free.' [3] Iran has strict regulations when it comes to internet censorship.
[8] [9] Telegram's appeal to the Russian Supreme Court was rejected. [10] In April 2020, the Government of Russia started using the blocked Telegram platform to spread information related to COVID-19 outbreak. On 18 June 2020 Roskomnadzor lifted its ban on Telegram after it 'agrees to help with extremism investigations'. [2]