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Iran expands tiered internet access amid continued online blackout
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Iran expands tiered internet access amid continued online blackout

Al Jazeera·Maziar Motamedi·18 days ago
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Tehran, Iran – Iran is looking at ways of providing limited connectivity to approved individuals and entities amid a continued state-imposed internet shutdown, with a tiered access model currently being offered that experts have said still undermines the digital rights of Iranians. President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday announced the creation of a new entity to review internet coverage in the country named the Specialised Headquarters for Organising and Guiding Iran’s Cyberspace, with First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, a relative moderate, appointed as its head. Pezeshkian said he expects the 74-year-old vice president to “create institutional cohesion and align policies and measures by relevant bodies” and “prevent parallel work and end multiple voices in the management of the country’s cyberspace”, referring to the multiple bodies overseeing communications in Iran.…

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