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Event: Digital event with panel to discuss World Press Freedom 2022 coming from the studios of the National Press Club. The webcast will be available on press.org and on .
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the latest crackdown on the media in Iran, in which at least five journalists have been targeted just weeks after the UN published a damning report on 21 July by special rapporteur Javaid Rehman on the appalling situation of human rights, including the freedom to inform, in this country.
In a region where the local media is often controlled by the state, millions of people rely on social media platforms to follow news and express their opinions.
Both Twitter and Facebook showed their potential to influence real-life events during the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings but many democratic gains were reversed.
This report by the Future of Iran Initiative and Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) explores the social media habits of Iranian netizens and how the Islamic Republic is repressing the online space.