President: War has led to the filtering of platforms behind

According to Massoud Mediian, the ongoing war between Iran and Israel has led to the extension of the platform filter.

Given the latest domestic news, on September 7th, Dr. Massoud Median preseed a clear report on the 14th governme record in a television session. One of the importa issues discussed in this conversation was the issue of filtering and restrictions imposed on online communication platforms and online social networks.

This has long been one of the serious demands of the economic and communication technology activists and a significa portion of the Iranian people. The importance of this demand was to the exte that the removal of Iernet restrictions became one of the main and most bold doctor’s election promises during last year’s presideial competition and attracted much of the voters.

A year after the governme’s launch, Dr. Medical acknowledged in the ierview that only two specific platforms, namely the removal of WhatsApp and Google PlayStur, were tangible and restricted. Although this opening is considered a positive step, the reality is that for other popular and popular platforms such as Instagram and Telegram, which play a vital role in the daily lives of Iranian society, the process of restrictions removal has not reached the final stage.

In an importa part of the conversation, the Preside of the Medical Preside stated that his governme was working hard to fully remove the limitations imposed on cyberspace and pave the way for free and free access to information and communication. However, he stated that the war led to the filtering of platforms behind.

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Hidden negotiations with foreign platforms and postponing platforms

In a rece television ierview, Dr. Massoud Mediian poied to a vital poi that had previously been discussed by him or by senior officials at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. The preside poied to the existence of a great decision -making ceer, which, based on its approvals and timing, was to take the fundameal steps to filter another part of the popular and popular platforms.

“There was a schedule in the Supreme Council of Cyberspace on the issue of filter removal, and if the war did not happen, the rest of the platform would be resolved,” Massoud Medesian said. Even represeatives of foreign platforms came to Iran and were supposed to run the office, but the war backdrop the issue. “

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The issue of setting up a represeative office by iernational platforms in Iran has already been raised many times, and the reopening of these platforms has been conditioned on this. However, many experts and analysts found the realization of this condition to be virtually or at least difficult because of the iernational sanctions against Iran and the complexities of financial and legal dealings with foreign couries.

The preside has now announced that this condition is close. This means that not only is it possible to set up represeative offices by iernational platforms in Iran, but significa progress has been made. However, the doctors have not provided more details about the names of these platforms as well as how they work in the coury.

Using VPN is worse than filtering

Dr. Massoud Mediian coinued to discuss the issue of social networking filtering and its unwaed consequences. He not only described the widespread use of VPN as much worse than filtering by the governme, but also described this approach as a misconception that filtering could resolve problems. “The notion that we have solved the problem with filtering is a misconception,” the doctors said. We have told policymakers and decision makers at meetings. ” These remarks illustrate the coradiction of the preside’s view and part of the decision -making body in the coury, stressing that filtering has not only achieved its goal, but has created new and sometimes more serious problems by promoting the use of filtering tools.

The doctors explained that it has made a pension effort to solve the filtering problem without causing conflict, but emphasized that this is not a simple and single -dimensional process due to the existence of numerous decision -making structures and institutions in this area. “We wa to convince them that using VPN is wrong and that using VPN is worse than filtering,” he said. “The idea of ​​filtering the problem is a misconception,” he said. We have also told policy makers and decision makers. We have challenges with them, but we don’t wa to solve this with a fight. “

Legal and structural barriers to reopening platforms

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Emphasizing that his main ieion and effort is to open the platforms without protest and divide, the doctors explained: “The main danger I feel is before any issue of unity.” He also responded to the common view that the Preside could fix the filter with a simple order, stressing that doing so is not only simple, but also had many structural and legal complexities.

The preside poied to the existence of institutions such as the Islamic Consultative Assembly that make decisions and decisions in this regard and can enforce laws and approvals that restrict the governme for independe action. He also poied to the role of the leadership in this regard, saying, “The leadership has not commeed on this, but the ceer has passed, and although I have to choose the secretary of the ceer (the National Ceer for Cyberspace), its members are also importa to be selected elsewhere.”