EPISODE · Jun 22, 2018 · 6 MIN
The Unexpected Fallout of Iran's Telegram Ban
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Seven weeks after Iran's conservative-led judiciary banned the secure communications app Telegram inside the country, Iranians are still reeling from the change. Though Telegram has critics in the security community, it has become wildly popular in Iran over the last few years as a way of communicating, sharing photos and documents, and even doing business. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Seven weeks after Iran's conservative-led judiciary banned the secure communications app Telegram inside the country, Iranians are still reeling from the change. Though Telegram has critics in the security community, it has become wildly popular in Iran over the last few years as a way of communicating, sharing photos and documents, and even doing business.
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