Submitted by one of our members:
Ayatollah Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, has urged Western youth to use social media to learn about Islam through his #letter4u campaign,
but arrests Iranian citizens for using the same tools. In February, the
Iranian officials went on television to boast the arrests of 12
individuals for “illicit” activities on Facebook–– activities which
included discussions of art and photographs taken at weddings. The
individuals were discovered by a recent surveillance program launched by
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Cyber Defense Command, codenamed “Operation Spider.” The
aim of the program is to shut down social media pages deemed to be
“spreading corruption” and “carrying out a mission to change family
lifestyles.” In reality, Spider is just another tool for the Iranian
government to hinder freedom of opinion and expression. Click here to
ask Ayatollah Khamenei to stop arresting social media users and to
release Roya Saberinejad Nobakht (pictured) and other social media
activities.
