Iran restricts WhatsApp, Instagram as protests grow.

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Iran has restricted major social media platforms following the ongoing protest in Iran, because of the death of Masha Amini who was arrested in Tehran for allegedly wearing ‘an unsuitable attire’ and putting on her hijab headscarf improperly.

Without the use of the internet, citizens are unable to send out videos and pictures of what is going on.

Authorities claimed that Masha Amini had a stroke and heart attack while she was detained at the “guidance centre” and died days later after being transferred to the hospital. Her family denied the claims by the Iranian authorities, saying she did not have any pre-existing condition Social media websites such as TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are routinely blocked in parts of the Islamic Region. But tech-savvy residents often use virtual private networks to bypass the curbs.

Netblocks also report that this is the ‘most severe’ outage since the internet was blocked during 2019’s fuel protests.

 

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The people that will be encouraging you to protest 🪧 and destroy your country will never allow such in their territory. Humans must device peaceful means of conflict resolution. Enough!

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