Videos Showing Iranian Crackdown On Protesters Go Viral As Anger Grows

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22 that went viral on social media showed a dozen riot police beating a man at night on a street in southern Tehran. One of the officers on a motorbike ran him over then another shot him at close range. Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the footage.

Protests ignited by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini on Sept.
16 after her arrest for inappropriate attire have shaken Iran's clerical establishment with people from all layers of society demanding wholesale political change.

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Still, the dangers of such crackdowns were illustrated in the closing days of the 2020 election, when Twitter and Facebook limited or banned sharing of the New York Post's reports on Hunter Biden's international business dealings.

The documents show that Facebook has a special online portal for DHS and other government officials to request content moderation, and that the federal department plans to target 'inaccurate information' on a wide array of topics. 

'One could argue we're in the business of critical infrastructure, and the most critical infrastructure is our cognitive infrastructure, so building that resilience to misinformation and disinformation, I think, is incredibly important,' Easterly said at a conference in November 2021. 

James Czerniawski, a senior policy analyst in Technology and Innovation at Americans for Prosperity, told DailyMail.com: 'We should be wary of seeking government solutions to issues surrounding social media when it is blatantly apparent the apparatus of government can be politically leveraged.

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Though the Biden administration earlier this year disbanded its controversial Disinformation Governance Board after furious backlash, the documents suggest that DHS has quietly maintained an intense interest in policing speech it deems false or dangerous.

In a lengthy report on Monday citing internal documents that have emerged through leaks and court filings, described what appears to be a growing focus within Department of Homeland Security on controlling online discourse.

Republican Congressman Kevin Hern also said: 'A man who can't remember where he went to college wants to fact-check you on social media.
If it weren't so corrupt and dangerous, the irony would be profound.' 

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'There is growing evidence that the legislative and executive branch officials are using social media companies to engage in censorship by surrogate,' Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University, told The Intercept. 

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Iranian media published on Wednesday a video of the arrest of famous Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, showing him blindfolded and Gadgetinku saying he did not mean what he had said in previous comments critical of the authorities.