What we're seeing unfold, as we speak, is that over four weeks of protests have been going on in Iran, and the documentation and the news we've been getting from these protests has been solely dependent on digital evidence that we see through footage posted on social media or through sources of citizens actually being able to get footage to outside sources via the internet, and those sources are able to report and share it. Access for international journalists to be on the ground reporting when any crises or protest occurs is severely limited, so if you are looking for independent sources on what's actually going on outside of the control and censorship of the state, you really have to turn to what's on the internet and what's on social media. In fact, the internet has an incredibly powerful role in Iran, and that's part and parcel of the fact that media is very severely controlled. Mahsa Alimardani: Social media has an incredibly powerful role. What is the role that social media is playing, shaping the protests or amplifying the protests? Where does social media fit into the protests? Jon Alterman: We’ve been seeing protests in Iran for more than a month. Mahsa Alimardani: Thank you for having me. Jon Alterman: Mahsa Alimardani is a scholar at the University of Oxford and senior researcher on freedom of expression online with Article 19, a human rights organization based in London. Protest, Social Media, and Censorship in Iran Responding to Egregious Human Rights Abuses.Building Sustainable and Inclusive Democracy.Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health, and Immunizations. Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Impacts.Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation.Defense Industry, Acquisition, and Innovation.Intelligence, Surveillance, and Privacy.
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