#IMWeekly: October 7, 2013
In this week's #IMWeekly: 30-month sentence for Vietnamese blogger Quan, Iranian president Rouhani chats online with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and more.
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Iran Accidentally Allows Access to Facebook, Twitter for 24 Hours
Iranian Twitter and Facebook users had unfettered access to the sites for roughly 24 hours earlier this week, the result of what censorship officials in the country are calling a technical error.
#imweekly: June 17, 2013
New details about PRISM, Saudi Arabia temporarily blocks access to messaging service Viber, and phishing attacks against Gmail users in Iran.
US lifts sanctions on technology exports to Iran
Two weeks before Iran's presidential elections, the US government has lifted sanctions preventing the export of communications technology services to Iranian Internet users.
#imweekly: May 21, 2013
Accidental, secret blocking of 1200 websites worries Internet users in Australia; two Internet blackouts in two weeks in Syria; disruptions to Internet and SMS in advance of Iranian presidential elections.