Three rights groups on Thursday urged Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to overhaul its policies for Persian-language content on Iran, complaining restrictions had impeded the ability of Iranians to share information during ongoing protests.
London-based freedom of expression group Article 19, global digital rights group Access Now and the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said Meta had to change policies on potentially sensitive content as well as human and automated moderation.
With the internet heavily censored in Iran, Instagram is now the main platform for communication in the Islamic republic as it remains unblocked.
Other social media services such as Telegram, YouTube and Twitter as well as Facebook are all blocked inside Iran.
