Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Security Studies & International Affairs
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication/Presentation Date
2020
Abstract/Description
Internet access in Iran is characterized by strong censorship, limited access, surveillance, and widespread state-sanctioned propaganda. The regime in Tehran views internet freedom as a critical threat to its national security (Henry, Pettyjohn, and York 2014). Using an index of variables such as obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights, the nongovernmental organization Freedom House rates Iran’s internet access as “not free” (Freedom House 2018). On a scale of zero to one hundred, where zero is “free” and one hundred is “not free,” Freedom House scores Iran at an eighty-five, making it the least free nation in the world in terms of internet access (Freedom House 2018).
Publication Title
Examining Internet and Technology Around the World
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Required Publisher’s Statement
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Scholarly Commons Citation
Zorri, D. M. (2020). Iran. Examining Internet and Technology Around the World, (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1615
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Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Internet Law Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, Science and Technology Studies Commons, Social Media Commons
