Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert was interviewed for an American public radio show, Marketplace Tech Report. The episode looked at President Obama’s executive order authorizing sanctions for human rights abuses that will taret countries that monitor and track cell phones and citizens’ browsing habits.
To read the interview and listen to the podcast, see here.
A confidential source sent the online news organization, The Intercept, a series of internal documents and communications providing details on what appear to be plans to develop and launch an Iranian mobile network, including subscriber management operations and services, and integration with a legal intercept solution. Some of this communication included representatives of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Iran (CRA). In October 2022, The Intercept shared this material with Citizen Lab researchers for analysis. The following report provides a summary of our analysis of this material and discusses its wider implications.
