The Iranian regime's futile war against the internet
Iranian regime officials admit their defeat in censuring internet services On January 21 st , Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani admitted to Tehran’s failure in filtering the cyberspace. He did not even get close to criticizing the filtering efforts in their merits. He just said that they were not successful: "Well, we were unsuccessful in some of our efforts in recent years," he said. "We thought it is under our control. We thought it would be filtered if we just ordered so…. What should we do with VPNs?" Virtual private networks (VPN) are tools that allow internet users to circumvent the censorship of internet services and also prevent surveillance and monitoring of online activities. VPN services are especially popular in Iran, where the ruling regime is trying to impose heavy restrictions on access to foreign media and social networks. Rouhani was not the only official speaking of the regime's efforts against free flow of information in cybe...