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Siyavash Shahabi
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Iran’s filtered society: Internet, class, and censorship
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When the internet in Iran is blocked, slowed down, filtered, or divided by class, it is not only a communication tool that disappears from public reach. An important part of everyday life is disrupted. And scattered social experiences find it more difficult to connect with one another.
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Siyavash Shahabi
sia-shahabi.bsky.social
Iran’s filtered society: Internet, class, and censorship
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