Hi, We've published a comprehensive report about Iranian search engines and how they try to change users' behaviour by results manipulation. Also, you can find latest news about the Internet censorship and policy in Iran.
Please let me know if you have any question regarding this report and feel free to send your feedback. Cheers, Amin *** In mid-February, Iranian officials announced the launch of three domestic search engines, which they claim can be used without any interference from the filtering system. This month’s report puts this claim to the test by searching for some sensitive keywords on Iranian search engines and comparing the results to Google. It won’t come as a surprise to readers that our findings suggest that Iranian search engines do indeed filter results for some sensitive keywords. However, it turns out that this filtering sometimes works in unexpected ways, and other times results we thought might be censored were actually pretty easy to find. We think this report offers some introductory insights into how Iranian search engines work, and how they interact with the country’s filtering system. In addition to this feature, we’ve also got more information about a “spy operation” in which eight Facebook ‘activists’ were arrested, the ICT Ministry’s latest comments about 3G and 4G mobile communications technology, along with other ICT-related statements from politicians and policymakers. If you are interested in discussing further any of the issues raised in this report, please join our group on LinkedIn. [1] Read more: http://smallmedia.org.uk/sites/default/files/u8/IIIP_Mar2015.pdf [PDF] [1] https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=8292252&trk=anet_ug_hm
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