{"id":24152,"date":"2018-01-10T18:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/society\/24152-iran-s-internet-shutdown"},"modified":"2018-01-10T18:32:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T18:32:55","slug":"iran-s-internet-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Internet Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/2018\/A96285F1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NCRI Staff<\/p>\n<p>NCRI &#8211;\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people have been evading the censorship through the use of virtual private networks (VPNs).<\/p>\n<p>When the regime\u2019s Supreme National Security Council first slowed down internet speeds, shut down certain applications, and even shut down the VPNs that Iranians have used for years to evade restrictions, tech entrepreneur M. Nouri was set back and his company, which employs 15 people, was heavily affected.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/middleeast\/la-fg-iran-social-media-ban-20180109-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: \u201cWe weren\u2019t able to communicate to our users and we lost payments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, it only took him three days to find a different server to host his mobile app design company and get his business up and running again.<\/p>\n<p>Others who have seen their businesses affected by the crackdown have not been so lucky, such as the ride-hailing app Snapp and thousands of small businesses that make handmade items.<\/p>\n<p>Some people are worried that despite some people being able to evade restrictions that the Regime has the upper hand.<\/p>\n<p>A. Rashidi, an internet security researcher, said: \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to get around it. Almost all of the circumvention tools are blocked and the Iranian government is doing whatever they can do to block it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t this bad in 2009. I\u2019m not able to talk to my family on some days over the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Silicon Valley companies are reluctant to advocate for free and fair internet in Iran, because of economic sanctions according to Collin Anderson, an independent researcher on internet policy.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere is a lost opportunity for enabling a free flow of information in Iran because tech companies have made overly conservative decisions with how they will comply with U.S. sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The protests began on December 28, over high unemployment and a steep rise in living costs in Iran\u2019s second-largest city Mashhad, but soon grew into a broad anti-regime protest.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its second week, these are the largest protests since the 2009 Green Movement over the rigged presidential election. At least 50 people have died in clashes with the Regime, and 1,000 have been imprisoned and are facing the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>In order to stop the protesters from communicating, the Regime shut down Telegram and Instagram, slowed down internet speeds, and even cut off the internet altogether. It is a tactic often used by the Regime to stop popular revolt against them.<\/p>\n<p>Every time that the Regime attempts to censor the internet, the Iranian people just get better at evading the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI Staff NCRI &ndash;&nbsp;The Iranian regime&rsquo;s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people have been evading the censorship through the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-24152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-society","7":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran&#039;s Internet Shutdown - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NCRI Staff NCRI -\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran&#039;s Internet Shutdown - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NCRI Staff NCRI -\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-10T18:32:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/images\/stories\/2018\/A96285F1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed98db42da8577aea67046ab687f8a69\"},\"headline\":\"Iran&#8217;s Internet Shutdown\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-10T18:32:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":437,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"save\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Culture &amp; Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran's Internet Shutdown - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-10T18:32:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"NCRI Staff NCRI -\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/society\\\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran&#8217;s Internet Shutdown\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed98db42da8577aea67046ab687f8a69\",\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db69f6e8508e94cc75b7081d6f17c9ded7942d00226436d7aca31d003cba5525?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db69f6e8508e94cc75b7081d6f17c9ded7942d00226436d7aca31d003cba5525?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db69f6e8508e94cc75b7081d6f17c9ded7942d00226436d7aca31d003cba5525?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/mostafa\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran's Internet Shutdown - NCRI","description":"NCRI Staff NCRI -\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran's Internet Shutdown - NCRI","og_description":"NCRI Staff NCRI -\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-01-10T18:32:55+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"images\/stories\/2018\/A96285F1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ed98db42da8577aea67046ab687f8a69"},"headline":"Iran&#8217;s Internet Shutdown","datePublished":"2018-01-10T18:32:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/"},"wordCount":437,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"keywords":["save"],"articleSection":["Iran Culture &amp; Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/","name":"Iran's Internet Shutdown - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-01-10T18:32:55+00:00","description":"NCRI Staff NCRI -\u00a0The Iranian regime\u2019s authorities heavily restricted the internet in an attempt to quell the anti-regime protests but the Iranian people","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-internet-shutdown\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran&#8217;s Internet Shutdown"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ed98db42da8577aea67046ab687f8a69","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db69f6e8508e94cc75b7081d6f17c9ded7942d00226436d7aca31d003cba5525?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db69f6e8508e94cc75b7081d6f17c9ded7942d00226436d7aca31d003cba5525?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db69f6e8508e94cc75b7081d6f17c9ded7942d00226436d7aca31d003cba5525?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/mostafa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}