Iran

News

9th February 2018

Creativity Software declare themselves “proud” to supply surveillance technology to Iran in unrepentant response to Privacy International’s letter

25th October 2013

A giant leap backwards: Corporations divesting toxic surveillance companies

23rd February 2012

European Council bans export of surveillance technologies to Iranian authorities in response to serious human rights violations

9th February 2011

Privacy International accuses British government of giving UK companies "carte blanche" to sell dangerous surveillance tech to Iran

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Iran: Google withdraws Iranian government COVID-19 self-diagnosis app

After the Iranian government produced the AC19 Android app, intended to help people self-diagnose rather than going to a hospital, Google pulled it from the Play Store apparently suspecting that the app made the misleading claim that it could detect COVID-19 infections although it is also true that

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