{"id":287258,"date":"2024-12-25T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T06:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/?p=287258"},"modified":"2024-12-25T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T06:30:51","slug":"iran-lifts-ban-on-whatsapp-and-google-play-state-media-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/iran-lifts-ban-on-whatsapp-and-google-play-state-media-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Lifts Ban On WhatsApp And Google Play, State Media Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52puu3900cu2cp6ba1e5t7i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta\u2019s\u00a0(META.O)\u00a0instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play\u00a0(GOOGL.O)\u00a0as a first step to scale back internet restrictions, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52pvzui00083b6mlv30e91h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">The Islamic Republic has some of the strictest controls on Internet access in the world, but its blocks on US-based social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are routinely bypassed by tech-savvy Iranians using virtual private networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52puzx800003b6mrzyf9rte@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cA positive majority vote has been reached to lift limitations on access to some popular foreign platforms such as WhatsApp and Google Play\u201d, Iran\u2019s official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday, referring to a meeting on the matter headed by President Masoud Pezeshkian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52pw7el000e3b6m6ezifvjh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cToday the first step in removing internet limitations\u2026 has been taken,\u201d IRNA cited Iran\u2019s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi as saying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52pw1dq000c3b6m8t81hb3k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">Social media platforms were widely used in anti-government protests in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52pwf1q000j3b6m0obv53jr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">In September the United States\u00a0called on Big Tech\u00a0to help evade online censorship in countries that heavily sensor the internet, including Iran.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52pwf1q000j3b6m0obv53jr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">By<em> Agencies\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta\u2019s\u00a0(META.O)\u00a0instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play\u00a0(GOOGL.O)\u00a0as a first step to scale back internet restrictions, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. 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