Furniture company Habitats Twitter account used hashtags such as #Iranelection and #Mousavi in order to ensure the company’s messages regarding...
Habitat uses Iran election tags to generate Twitter hits
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CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Egyptian writer prevented from travelling
Released political prisoner and writer Abd Al-Monem Monieb was detained in Cairo airport for 45 minutes by state security officers. Their actions...
Nokia Siemens aiding Iran phone monitoring
As protests continue in Iran, details are emerging of the technology used to monitor citizens. Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran...
Iran: Maziar Bahari
Index on Censorship calls for the release of renowned Canadian-Iranian journalist and filmmaker On Sunday (21 June), the Canadian-Iranian journalist...
Journalist Maziar Bahari arrested in Tehran
Iranian-Canadian documentary maker and journalist Maziar Bahari was arrested after police raided his Tehran home on Sunday morning (21 June). He is...
Tech giants rush Farsi versions
In light of the situation in Iran, search giant Google has stepped up work to release a tool that will translate Farsi into English and Facebook...
Palestine security erases Al Jazeera footage
Palestinian Authority security officials have seized and erased video footage shot by news service Al Jazeera on the outskirts of the West Bank city...
Iran: free to tweet?
It's time to confront technology companies in the West on the role they play in censorship worldwide, says Claire Ulrich The upheaval in Iran this...
Iran clamps down on foreign media
Authorities in Iran have announced sweeping new restrictions on foreign media, effectively confining journalists to their offices and hotels. Read...
Iran: “I will continue to report, but I fear that I may be arrested”
Reporter Saeed Kamali Dehghan describes the struggle to get information in and out of Tehran Huge rallies in Tehran yesterday saw hundreds of...