I'm a little surprised Whatsapp even works (worked) in Iran, given the US sanctions against the country.
Communications software and services are generally exempt from those sorts of sanctions.
As unrest grows, Iran restricts access to Instagram, WhatsApp
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#132Just a reminder that Signal supports both censorship circumvention and independently hosted proxies (e.g. Search Twitter, etc. for proxy links using the #IRanASignalProxy hashtag.) https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360056052052-Pr...
I believe Telegram is the private messaging app of choice within Iran.
Iran has blocked Telegram in 2017 and 2018. Presumably they could be doing that as well soon which is why I was highlighting some Signal features to help.
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#133This protest is very different from previous protests. Look it up. Women in Iran are just tired of being oppressed and their movement is an embodiment of feminism. I'm an Iranian and unfortunately this protest hasn't received world wide attention in the news. This is a first time women taking the lead in protesting against this tyrannical regime.
It’s on every pro-Ukrainian telegram channel I read (and I’m reading way too many), mostly in the context of comparing Iranian boldness to feeble Russian protests against the war.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Iran seems to think Whatsapp & Instagram are destabilizing such that turning them off can help quell domestic unrest. A couple of takeaways. First, holy shit. Communications software is powerful enough to put fear in the hearts of political rulers! Second, insofar as sanctions are designed as punitive measures against a government who's actions our government doesn't support, it makes no sense to restrict their acces…
> Communications software is powerful enough to put fear in the hearts of political rulers! Well, yes, is this a surprise? Did you miss the "Arab Spring?" Or the Rohingya massacres? It's a double-edged sword. It can give you a revolution whether you need it or not or whether it's justified or not.
The internet is the digital equivalent of Guthenberg's press in Europe: on one hand, it ended the cultural primacy of the Catholic Church; on the other hand, it opened the door to hundreds of years of violence over who could reclaim that primacy.
Eventually we will find a new equilibrium, but right now we're in choppy waters.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
You've given platitudes with an overall misunderstanding of both the parent comment as well as a the functioning of the real world. > I would rather the American people elect a government that will protect their rights through laws. I would also like a world where problems don't exist, but that doesn't change the real world. It's a naive take. The world is complicated. > Meta will not violate American law. This is bo…
What an absurd, condescending and pointless reply. Example: >> I would rather the American people elect a government that will protect their rights through laws. >I would also like a world where problems don't exist, but that doesn't change the real world. It's a naive take. The world is complicated. What in the hell kind of reply is this? How dare you. (On the day that the EU fined Google 4 billion Euros, largest in…
I want to fully reply to this but there is too much to dismantle and it would be unenlightening to do so.
All I will say is that in being offended by a rather benign comment, you have yourself committed what you accuse me of.
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The fact is that, regardless of whether it's factually true, the first scenario is clearly (and awfully) credible enough for people to go "I've had enough of this shit".
People don't like to revolt - it's messy, risky, dangerous, and chances it will end badly for any one person are way over 50%. If they do it, it's because they experience an incredible amount of nonsensical authoritarianism throughout their daily life, to the point that they feel they have nothing to lose from trying to change things.
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#137Fortunately Telegram is still up. People are using MTProxy to use Telegram even on blocked internet and it's made it possible for people to organize protests and spread information quickly.
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#138I'd be surprised if by now Iranians hadn't figured out alternate means of communication.
They're using Telegram now with MTProxy.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe Telegram is the private messaging app of choice within Iran.
Iran has blocked Telegram in 2017 and 2018. Presumably they could be doing that as well soon which is why I was highlighting some Signal features to help. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_in_Iran
It's blocked but it's still working with MTProxies. VPNs aren't working in Iran (a friend told me) and he's surprised Telegram is the only app that's working fine.
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#140This protest is very different from previous protests. Look it up. Women in Iran are just tired of being oppressed and their movement is an embodiment of feminism. I'm an Iranian and unfortunately this protest hasn't received world wide attention in the news. This is a first time women taking the lead in protesting against this tyrannical regime.
It's been on the BBC front page about a woman lead protest since a few days ago