The Islamic Republic of Iran isn’t the only state seeking to nationalize the Internet.

“Information has always been power, and governments have long sought to control it. So for countries where power is a tightly controlled narrative, parsed by …

Iran is not simply a cookie-cutter example of an authoritarian regime moving toward more sophis­ticated Internet controls, says an important new report from the Open Net Initiative.

Two factors distinguish Iran as a unique case. With its invocation of a …

Global megatrends could be leading to a new era of democratization, according to a new report from the U.S. government’s National Intelligence Council.

But that is only one of several scenarios outlined in the report, Global Trends 2030, which …

Iran has ramped up its capacity to engage in cyber warfare with the creation of a new Supreme Council of Cyberspace and a 120,000-strong ‘cyber army’ trained by the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps.

“Iran hasn’t been shy about its bids …

We have come a long way from the days when authoritarian regimes appeared content to erect filters to block access to the Internet and impose selective censorship.

Cyberspace is now politically contested terrain, so it is significant that …