Iran ‘lifts ban’ on WhatsApp, Google Play to cut back web restrictions
Iranian government have lifted a ban on Meta’s speedy messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play as a primary step to cut back web restrictions, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
The Islamic Republic has one of the strictest controls on web get admission to on the planet, however its blocks on US-based social media comparable to Fb, Twitter and YouTube are mechanically bypassed via tech-savvy Iranians the use of digital non-public networks.
“A good majority vote has been reached to boost obstacles on get admission to to a couple common international platforms comparable to WhatsApp and Google Play,” Iran’s reliable IRNA information company stated on Tuesday, regarding a gathering at the topic headed via President Masoud Pezeshkian.
“As of late step one in taking away web obstacles… has been taken,” IRNA cited Iran’s Minister of Knowledge and Communications Era Sattar Hashemi as announcing.
Social media platforms had been broadly utilized in anti-government protests in Iran.
In Septemberm the USA referred to as on Giant Tech to lend a hand evade on-line censorship in nations that closely sensor the web, together with Iran.
