PRI’s The World : ‘We’re done’: Iranians Use This App to Track Morality Police
Originally published on The World on September 29, 2022 In Iran, a phone app called Gershad is in huge demand right now. The mapping app, launched in 2016, allows people in Iran, primarily women, to mark the location of the country’s morality...
Stakes turn deadly as Iran’s government threatens the phone apps aiding protesters
Originally published on Coda Story on October 1, 2022. Firuzeh Mahmoudi is rubbing her temples. Speaking on a video call from her home in San Francisco, she seems tired, drained. “Things are not getting better, Iran is not doing great,” she says. It’s September...
Meta Must Protect the Iranian #MeToo Movement
A wide network of Iranian women’s rights defenders, feminist activists, and public figures, —who are part of Iran’s #MeToo movement in Iran and in the diaspora— have come under coordinated attacks from bots and trolls on Instagram in an effort to stifle their freedom...
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