![]() ![]() INSKEEP: It's my impression that the government still has not pulled the plug on everything, from what you've said, and it appears that people in Iran are still able to communicate with the outside world. The Supreme National Security Council also announced that they would be implementing disruptions, and they would be blocking Instagram and WhatsApp to maintain national security. to about 1 a.m., mobile networks became almost entirely disabled or, you know, extremely throttled or slow. And so eventually, after a few days, a pattern emerged of mobile curfews. We saw a large focus on disabling mobile networks. And then we saw a large focus as the protests spread across the country. But how did the government respond online as the protests spread on the streets?ĪLIMARDANI: So, I mean, immediately as the protests began outside of Mahsa Amini's hospital, at the Kasra Hospital, we started seeing internet disruptions across mobile networks around the hospital area and the areas people started gathering. INSKEEP: Ah, there's money on the line, and that's why parts of the internet have been free up to now. Elements within Iranian media that abide by, you know, state lines are the first to admit how integral Instagram has been to the Iranian economy, with stats that show that it, like, contributes somewhere around a billion dollars to e-commerce industry in Iran. And so after that, Instagram and WhatsApp really came to replace Telegram. Telegram became quite central between 20, especially Telegram's channels. Facebook was quite popular, and it was filtered in 2009. ![]() MAHSA ALIMARDANI: Censorship has been a cat-and-mouse game since the very beginning of the introduction of the internet in Iran. She's a senior researcher with Article 19, which is a human rights organization based outside Iran. Mahsa Alimardani is following that struggle for information. They're fighting to get online just as much as they confront police in the streets. Ever since a woman died in police custody, Iranians have both spread and gathered news on the internet. INSKEEP: This video, taken from a rooftop, shows people fleeing down a street as gunshots sound. So in recent weeks, we've mainly seen that country's protests through videos and messages on social media. Few independent journalists can work in Iran. ![]()
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