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As Iran Mullahs Post Propaganda, Anti-Regime Protesters Charge Social Media Censorship

What started as angry street protests against the government’s handling of the economy has gelled into outright defiance of the Islamic Republic, its leaders, and its enforcers.

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Masih Alinejad in 2018. Kambiz Foroohar via Wikimedia Commons
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

While companies like Instagram and Facebook allow top Iranian mullahs to spread propaganda in the West, anti-regime protesters report that their access to the social media sites are being censored.  

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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