Facebook says it busted a troll farm run by the Mujahideen-e-Khalq—a dissident Iranian group which lobbies for the overthrow of Iran’s revolutionary government—that used artificial intellige... Read more
Facebook removes Iranian accounts targeting Israel protests Facebook removes Iranian accounts targeting Israel protests Facebook says it has taken down several fake accounts based in Iran th... Read more
Don’t expect Facebook to join Twitter in fact-checking false or inaccurate statements made by Donald Trump. In an interview set to air Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Fox News “I just bel... Read more
Facebook removes accounts run from Iran targeting Americans Facebook removes accounts run from Iran targeting Americans Facebook (FB) announced Wednesday morning that it had removed a small... Read more
Iran’s IRGC Intensifies Crackdown on Facebook Users with 12 Arrests and 24 Summonses – An IRGC cyberspace specialist, Mostafa Alizadeh, announced in a statement on Iranian state... Read more
Iran’s IRGC says it monitors all social networks in country – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is monitoring all social networks in the country, Mostafa Alizadeh, a... Read more
Two women arrested for their human rights work in Iran Journalist and rights activist arrested at her home Reporters Without Borders has learned that Zahra Khandan, a former journalis... Read more
Prison Sentence for Young Iranian Facebook User Increased from 15 to 20 Years – A Tehran Revolutionary Court has increased the sentence of a 21-year-old Facebook user from 15 to 20 yea... Read more
Iran Upholds Death Sentence for Photographer Who Insulted Prophet on Facebook – An Iranian photographer and blogger has seen his death sentence upheld by the country’s Supreme Co... Read more
Iran to have internet smart filtering within months – such as Facebook and Twitter – are already blocked but now hardliners want to go further and control messaging apps that hav... Read more
