Iran Protest and Digital Battle
Mahsa Amini's death sparked nationwide protests in Iran last year. Numerous clashes and intimidation and intimidation followed the protest between the youth, the police, the government, even students, and journalists. And even not long after that, there was no internet in the city.
The government of Iran tries there level best to suppress the protest, they start arresting protesters, punishing them, they also cut down their freedom of speech. They cut down the freedom of speech online. The Irish government used online devices to track the protesters.
People and protesters and their supporters start posting and spreading all their struggles and injustices that were being done by the Irish government on social media platforms.
And the government knows that protesters need to communicate to rise the protest more powerfully. So, they peacefully cut down the internet in the region. This time, the internet and social platforms are the best and easiest way to communicate.
Article 19 which protects the freedom of speech, says that the government of Iran has paused the internet facility in the region. They had implemented a ban on the internet from 4 PM to 1 AM.
In between this the broadband and internet faced slowdowns during extreme protests. The Irish government also blocked and closed down all the platforms which gave access to the protestors to post their videos. They also closed the services of the Google play store and Apple play services.
At the same time, the government track and arrests protestors using online sources like food delivery apps, etc.
The government is also suppressing women from wearing hijab according to the law, this was the seed of the protest but the government is not in the mood to give up! So, they are using different types of tricks and tackle to suppress protests in Iran.
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