⚠️ What the War in Iran Reminds Us About Whistleblowing

With internet blackouts, AI-generated misinformation & tight media restrictions, reliable information is hard to come by. Whistleblowers & leaked information remain crucial in exposing wrongdoing, especially in the most controlled environments.

Our impact advisor, Sandrine Rastello, explores these stories & why courage & truth-telling are more important than ever.

🔗 Read more here: https://thesignalsnetwork.org/what-the-war-in-iran-reminds-us-about-whistleblowing-tsn-conversations/

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🔴 Iran/Revealed:

The Eyes of Iran: Breaking the Code of Iran’s Surveillance System

The Signals Network is proud to support the investigative project #EyesofIran which reveals the secret Russian facial-recognition technology Teheran uses to monitor the Iranian people.

Kandoo, a nonprofit organization working on cybersecurity for vulnerable populations and led by Nima Fatemi, worked closely with TSN on this project.

If you're following the situation in Iran, this one is of interest to you.

Today, we're publishing a story that I find very important for many reasons.

We can prove how the regime in Iran is using facial recognition software to surveil its citizens. We have obtained videos showing the software in a live-scenario, at metro stations in Teheran. We have contracts, and we have had a look at the code, built by the Russian company Ntechlab whose algorithms are deemed to be best-in class.

We spoke with a dozen people who know the regime, either because they had to flee after being imprisoned or from a technical point of view.

All of this, and more, you can find in our reporting, #EyesOfIran. Here are the links:

SPIEGEL: https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran-so-gnadenlos-spaeht-regime-die-eigene-bevoelkerung-aus-ein-insider-packt-aus-a-7990ef28-3c9d-427b-be9a-5f46d06bea6c?giftToken=7fdb6b96-b2f1-4799-b8ff-e55fed5496d1

Standard: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000310751/ein-regime-im-ueberlebensmodus-leak-zeigt-irans-massive-ueberwachung-im-land?ref=niewidget

ZDF: https://www.zdf.de/play/magazine/frontal-das-magazin-100/datenleak-iran-ueberwachung-gesichtserkennung-software-100

Forbidden Stories: https://forbiddenstories.org/iran-regime-monitors-citizens/