Iran orders messaging apps to store data of in-country users
Iran has ordered foreign messaging apps to transfer data and activity records of Iranian users to local servers within a year, a move that will give the country a greater ability to monitor and censor the online activity of its people.
The country’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace has issued instructions to foreign messaging companies active in the country, requiring them “to transfer all data and activity linked to Iranian citizens into the country in order to ensure their continued activity," news reports said, quoting state-run media.
Social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are already blocked in the country, whose government holds a tight control over Internet access by its people.
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