Protests and Internet Censorship in Iran

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in facial recognition, surveillance tools and internet technology to monitor the Iranian population, block or slow down the internet, suppress dissent and cover up the regime's widespread violent suppression of recent protests. Amir Rashidi, Director of Digital Rights and Security at Miaan Group, spoke with Malihe Razazan about this subject. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).