{"id":256104,"date":"2022-02-24T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=256104"},"modified":"2023-02-04T02:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T01:20:28","slug":"why-did-iran-regimes-parliament-hastily-approve-the-internet-protection-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/why-did-iran-regimes-parliament-hastily-approve-the-internet-protection-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was  the Internet Protection Bill Approved with Such Haste?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256106\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"majlis\" class=\"size-full wp-image-256106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/majlis.jpg\" alt=\"majlis\" width=\"1000\" height=\"617\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File Photo: A scene of the Iranian regime&#8217;s so called parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After months of flip-flop about adopting the so-called \u201cinternet protection bill,\u201d a special commission in the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament hastily approved the generalities of the bill. Unlike its name, this bill will not protect millions of Iranians using the internet and social media platforms but further restricts their individual freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms such as Instagram are not just a placeholder of glossy images for millions of Iranians. They use these platforms to earn a living amid the country\u2019s grim economic situation.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s internet speed has significantly slowed down in the last month. Regime officials, fearing a public backlash, denied having approved and implemented the internet protection bill. Yet, the state-run Hamdeli daily on February 22 hinted that \u201cthis situation is signal of silent implementation of internet protection bill before its approval.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/iran-regimes-internet-censorship-plan-and-its-consequences\/\">exclusive report<\/a> about this bill on January 17, the Iranian Resistance wrote: \u201cThe bill, which is officially called the \u2018Cyberspace Users Rights Protection and Regulation of Key Online Services,\u2019 will disrupt citizen access to international services, primarily social media, and allow the regime\u2019s security apparatus to control internet gateways to intensify suppression of dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed bill requires international technology firms to have a legal representative in Iran as a means of cooperating with Tehran to increase online surveillance. Companies that host unregistered social media apps in Iran would risk penalties. Millions of Iranians must either turn to regime-affiliated platforms and risk their basic freedoms or risk sinking deeper into poverty,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The regime\u2019s MPs were hesitant to approve this bill because they feared a fierce public backlash. One hundred fifty of the regime\u2019s handpicked MPs have called for the review of the plan in an attempt to thwart any possible public reaction by kicking the can down the road.<\/p>\n<p>The hasty approval of the so-called \u201cprotection\u201d bill by 18 votes in favor and one against revived warnings by regime officials and state media about a foreseeable uprising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are going down on the path of dictatorship by adopting this plan in 10 minutes,\u201d Gholamreza Noury Ghezelgeh, one of the regime\u2019s MPs, said while warning of the people\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unsustainable policy will certainly fail; the pace of change is such that it will overtake any restrictions in the short term,\u201d the state-run Etemad daily quoted Ali Rabie, the spokesperson of Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government, warning regime officials on February 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do not persuade the public before the approval of plans such as the protection plan, this plan will confuse public opinion,\u201d Nasser Imani, one of the regime\u2019s experts, told the state-run Farhikhtegan daily on February 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you talk to anyone in the street, none has a good impression of the approval of the internet protection plan. In other words, this plan is destined to fail because it does not have the support of public,\u201d the paper quoted Imani as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Imani also warned officials that \u201capproving this plan behind closed doors\u201d is a \u201cdangerous procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and his representatives in different cities stepped up their calls for \u201ccontrolling\u201d cyberspace. They have expressed fear of the Iranian opposition\u2019s active presence on social media and an increasing number of youths approaching the organized Resistance movement.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei expressed his agitation of social media removing the name of his terror mastermind, Qassem Soleimani, brazenly describing the publics mocking of Soleimani as \u201cmedia dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our country, due to the lack of a national cyber sovereignty strategy, unregulated cyberspace has caused the [regime] to be deprived of its basic rights in defending its honor, and dignity,\u201d the state-run Tasnim news agency, an outlet linked to the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force, wrote on February 9, while referring to Khamenei\u2019s comments about the role of social media in society.<\/p>\n<p>On February 9, Ali Hatami, Khamenei\u2019s representative in Zanjan, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1400\/11\/09\/2653110\/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cThe enemy tries to demonstrate that the [regime] is useless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On February 16, Mohammad Saidi, Khamenei\u2019s representative in Qom, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/donya-e-eqtesad.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62\/3843264-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D9%82%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for restricting social media and warned about the \u201cenemy\u2019s\u201d anti-regime propaganda on cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei and other regime officials are right to fear social media and its impact on society. Since 2009, there have been at least five significant uprisings in Iran, and social media has played a vital role in exposing the regime\u2019s crimes, fighting its censorship, and organizing protests. During the November 2019 uprising, the regime had to shut down the internet as the situation was going out of its control.<\/p>\n<p>Approving this bill will also have major economic consequences for the regime as well. Some officials and state media estimated that Tehran lost nearly $1bn by imposing an internet blackout in November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, restricting the internet or blocking social media apps would add at least one million people to the country\u2019s increasing number of unemployed and could spark another uprising.<\/p>\n<p>So why has Khamenei ordered his handpicked MPs to approve this bill? Why did over 150 of them call to review this plan despite Khamenei\u2019s repeated calls to restrict social media?<\/p>\n<p>One should seek answers on Iran\u2019s busy streets, where people from all walks of life hold daily protests and warn officials that they are \u201cready to revolt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of flip-flop about adopting the so-called &ldquo;internet protection bill,&rdquo; a special commission in the Iranian regime&rsquo;s parliament hastily approved the generalities of the bill. 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