Firuzeh Mahmoudi | Civic Tech Against Authoritarianism: Lessons from Iran
Watch Firuzeh Mahmoudi talking in the Civic Technology. Civic Technology is technology (mainly information technology) that enables engagement or participation of the public for stronger development, enhancing citizen communications, improving government...
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Marriage of Technology and Human Rights Will Take Us to the Future We Want
Firuzeh Mahmoudi discusses her unique experience at the intersection of technology and civil liberties at Oslo Freedom Forum. Motivated by the massive street protests that rocked Iran following the presidential election in 2009, she tells the story behind the Global...
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THE APPS GETTING CRUCIAL INFORMATION TO WOMEN IN IRAN WHEN THEY NEED IT THE MOST
This article was originally published by The Debrief. Here, in the UK, we don’t think twice about logging in to Facebook to message our friends, or clicking on an app to order a Sunday evening hangover take away or watch film clips on our way home from the office. For...
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App brings sexual health info to Iranian women
A period tracker app in Iran is being called a stealthy Trojan horse, sneaking in taboo tips on sexual education and women's rights. Learn more CBC.
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Iran Prison Atlas’ Database Keeps Track Of Iranian Political Prisoners
Learn the story of former political prisoner, and lead researcher of Iran Prison Atlas Mehdi Aminizadeh in an interview...
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Swiping Left to a Brighter Future in Iran
This article was originally published by Huffington Post. On Friday, the Iranian people will head to the ballot box to cast their vote, in a critical presidential election that will have great implications for civil liberties in Iran. For the past decade, mobile phone...
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Iranian elections: Tinder-like app could sway presidential vote
This article was originally published by Fox News. Iranians will be able to learn more about their presidential candidates with a simple swipe of their phone. A California-based NGO has helped to create a Tinder-like app for the Iranian smartphone market to provide...
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TINDER-LIKE APP IS HELPING USERS DECIDE WHO TO VOTE FOR IN THE IRANIAN ELECTIONS
This article was originally published by MobileMarketing. United for Iran, a San Francisco-based civil liberties group for the Middle Eastern nation, has announced the release of an app, with a Tinder-like feature, to help voters decide which candidates they align...
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This App Lets Iranians Swipe Past Political Propaganda
This article was originally published by Wired. MAZIAR BAHARI’S MOTHER rustled him awake a little before 8 am. It was on June 21st, 2009, and four men had just arrived at Bahari’s home in the Iranian capital of Tehran. They searched Bahari’s belongings before leading...
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This Trojan Horse App Sneaks Vital Info To Women In Iran
This article was originally published by BuzzFeed. This Trojan Horse App Sneaks Vital Info To Women In Iran Under the guise of a simple period-tracking app, Hamdam, which launched in Iran this weekend, will feature information about taboo subjects like STDs,...
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Building An Iranian App Ecosystem That Promotes Business And Pushes Boundaries
This article was originally published by Fast Company. There are an estimated 40 million smartphone users in Iran. But ongoing government censorship, language barriers, and economic sanctions imposed on the country have made the app ecosystem that’s grown up elsewhere...
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A Pirate Podcast App Takes on Iran’s Hardline Censors
This article was originally published by Wired. REZA GHAZINOURI REMEMBERS the importance of pirate radio as a teenager growing up in in the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran. His father tuned in multiple times a day to the banned Farsi version of the BBC transmitted...
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