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Digital campaign puts human faces on Iran’s political prisoners

Unlock Iran puts faces to the names of more than 800 political prisoners.

On May 8, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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India wants to rename the Internet the ‘Equinet’

But the rebranding effort has worrying overtones.

On Apr 21, 2014 by Miles Klee

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One of Iran’s biggest pop stars released a song supporting LGBT rights

Googoosh used her popularity to open up discussion about gay rights in Iran. 

On Feb 20, 2014 by Audra Schroeder

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Did Iran just seize a Deep Web drug market?

All in all, Thursday may not have been the best day people for people who enjoy trafficking in illicit goods online.

On Feb 14, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

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U.S. online courses banned from serving Syrian students

Massive open online courses apparently fall under "services" U.S. companies can't provide to sanctioned countries.

On Feb 3, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

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Iran takes its case for nuclear energy to YouTube

While world powers debate Iran's nuclear future, foreign Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a speech on YouTube.

On Nov 20, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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The Wikipedia articles the Iranian government doesn’t want citizens to see

You can learn a lot about Iran from what it doesn't want its citizens to read.

On Nov 13, 2013 by Tim Sampson

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Google unveils new weapon against Internet restrictions around the world

uProxy is a clever, free way to circumvent Internet restrictions in the countries with the worst censorship track records.

On Oct 21, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Iranian man arrested for impersonating cabinet members on Facebook

How were so many of Iran's ministers on Facebook, even though it's banned? They weren't.

On Oct 15, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Iranian women don’t wear jeans? These Iranian women beg to differ

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iranian women are banned from wearing jeans. Twitter proved him wrong.

On Oct 10, 2013 by Tim Sampson

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U.S. officials say Iran hacked Navy computers

Unnamed U.S. officials have claimed that Iranian hackers have successfully breached classified United States Navy computers. 

On Sep 30, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Iran’s new president spoofed with satirical LinkedIn account

I see you have a lot of work experience, here.

On Sep 25, 2013 by Miles Klee

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‘Hello, NSA? I accidentally deleted an email’

Bahram Sadeghi accidentally deleted an email message and couldn't get it back, so he decided to call up the NSA.

On Aug 31, 2013 by Jay Hathaway

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Iranian ‘League of Legends’ tournament bans female characters

Iranian leaders were concerned that the characters were too provocatively dressed.

On Aug 29, 2013 by Aaron Sankin

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Iran throttled Internet to “preserve calm” during election

Iran's communications minister said the measure was intended to stop "foreigners trying to disrupt the election process."

On Jun 27, 2013 by Kris Holt