Libtech, Some of you might be interested in the latest Small Media Infrastructure report, which covers the time between election day and inauguration. Unlike the prior report, which was heavily technical, this iteration largely focuses on the vibrant policy discussion happening around the state infrastructure monopoly, the cancelation of the official VPN service, the release of the officially banned items list, etc. To promote discourse about the expectations and opportunities under Rouhani's administration, we are planning how to open participation, so if you are interested, please get in touch.
http://www.smallmedia.org.uk/sites/default/files/u8/iiipjune.pdf *In our previous, election edition of the Iranian Internet Infrastructure and Policy Report, we document the application and relaxation of controls on Internet connectivity and communications timed with the June 14 Presidential polls. Despite the introduction of new mechanisms to block tools used to bypass the filtering mechanism, by July the Internet had returned to its previous state of affairs that existed before February. >From technical assessments and the reports of social media users, VPNs and circumvention software appears to operate normally for many, with specific restrictions still placed on the Tor network and unconfirmed reports of difficulties with Google’s Android services and Viber. Conflicting accounts of blocking (and unblocking), most likely reflect the decentralization of some forms of filtering down to the level of ISPs. Whereas Parsonline may feel legally authorized to remove restrictions on VPNs, Shatel and others may not. This theme follows for throttling, out- ages, attacks against users and the sporadic reports of the unfiltering of social networks that have occurred across the month. Consequently, this report focuses on Iran, the politics leading up to the transition of presidencies after the election and the refocusing of the state on non-technical, legal means of policing content.* Cordially, Collin -- *Collin David Anderson* averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C.
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