Global Censorship Tracker — what changed in Islamic Republic of Iran

Rename X formerly Twitter platform to X

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

X — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was X (formerly Twitter)

Replace Turkey/Iran names with updated forms

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:37:40 +0100

44 renamed.

Renamed

Associated Press — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
BBC News — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Bluesky — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
ChatGPT — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Discord — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
DuckDuckGo — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Facebook — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
GitHub — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial): notes
Google — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial) — was Iran
Grindr — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Instagram — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
KakaoTalk — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
LINE — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
LinkedIn — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial): notes
Medium — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Netflix — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Odnoklassniki — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Patreon — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Pinterest — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Quora — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Reddit — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Reuters — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Roblox — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Rumble — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Signal — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Snapchat — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Spotify — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Substack — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Telegram — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Threads — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
TikTok — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Tinder — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Tumblr — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Twitch — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Viber — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Vimeo — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
VKontakte — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
VPNs — Islamic Republic of Iran (restricted): notes
WhatsApp — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Wikipedia — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial) — was Iran
+4 more

Audit every source for relevance and rot, not just for a 200

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0100

29 changed.

Revised

ChatGPT — Iran (complete): source
Discord — Iran (complete): source
DuckDuckGo — Iran (complete): source
Facebook — Iran (complete): source
Google — Iran (partial): source
Grindr — Iran (complete): source
LINE — Iran (complete): source
LinkedIn — Iran (partial): source
Medium — Iran (complete): source
Netflix — Iran (complete): source
Odnoklassniki — Iran (complete): source
Patreon — Iran (complete): source
Quora — Iran (complete): source
Reddit — Iran (complete): source
Reuters — Iran (complete): source
Roblox — Iran (complete): source
Rumble — Iran (complete): source
Snapchat — Iran (complete): source
Spotify — Iran (complete): source
Telegram — Iran (complete): source
TikTok — Iran (complete): source
Twitch — Iran (complete): source
Vimeo — Iran (complete): source
VKontakte — Iran (complete): source
Wikipedia — Iran (partial): source
X (formerly Twitter) — Iran (complete): source
Yandex — Iran (partial): source
YouTube — Iran (complete): source
Zoom — Iran (complete): source

Update Grindr dataset using Grindr official Help Center source

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:47:26 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Grindr — Iran (complete): date, notes, source

Optimize data loading with instant session caching and path fallback for age-verification and vpn-tracker

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:45:53 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

VPNs — Iran (restricted): source

Replace references of UK and UAE with United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:40:04 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Viber — Iran (complete): notes

Replace 27 fabricated and generic sources with verified ones

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:37:02 +0100

2 changed.

Revised

BBC News — Iran (complete): source
ChatGPT — Iran (complete): source

Drop the stale WeChat Iran row and fix its Wikipedia sources

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:15:44 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

WeChat — Iran (partial)

Add Russia Today to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:02:54 +0100

1 added, 2 changed.

Added

Associated Press — Iran (complete)

Revised

BBC News — Iran (complete): source
Signal — Iran (complete): source

Add New York Times to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:38:19 +0100

1 added.

Added

Reuters — Iran (complete)

Remove KakaoTalk South Korea entry

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:35:25 +0100

1 added.

Added

BBC News — Iran (complete)

Add KakaoTalk censorship data and UI assets

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:33:56 +0100

1 added.

Added

KakaoTalk — Iran (complete)

Update TikTok Afghanistan entry with a description and a non-Wikipedia source

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:26:13 +0100

20 added.

Added

Discord — Iran (complete)
DuckDuckGo — Iran (complete)
Google — Iran (partial)
LINE — Iran (complete)
LinkedIn — Iran (partial)
Medium — Iran (complete)
Netflix — Iran (complete)
Odnoklassniki — Iran (complete)
Quora — Iran (complete)
Reddit — Iran (complete)
Roblox — Iran (complete)
Rumble — Iran (complete)
Spotify — Iran (complete)
TikTok — Iran (complete)
Twitch — Iran (complete)
Vimeo — Iran (complete)
VKontakte — Iran (complete)
WeChat — Iran (partial)
Wikipedia — Iran (partial)
Yandex — Iran (partial)

Add Zoom as completely blocked in Iran and Turkmenistan

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:20:47 +0100

1 added.

Added

Zoom — Iran (complete)

Add Patreon and Pinterest entries for Iran and Turkmenistan

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:19:12 +0100

2 added.

Added

Patreon — Iran (complete)
Pinterest — Iran (complete)

Update Tumblr ban status: remove Indonesia, add China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and other countries

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:42:19 +0100

1 added.

Added

Tumblr — Iran (complete)

Add Substack censorship data

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:31:28 +0100

5 added.

Added

ChatGPT — Iran (complete)
GitHub — Iran (partial)
Grindr — Iran (complete)
Substack — Iran (complete)
Tinder — Iran (complete)

Add Viber and LINE censorship tracking data including Russia block for Viber

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:09:03 +0100

1 added.

Added

Viber — Iran (complete)

Add Threads platform with ban and age-restriction data

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:33 +0100

1 added.

Added

Threads — Iran (complete)

Add Snapchat blocked in Iran

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:33:16 +0100

1 added.

Added

Snapchat — Iran (complete)

Remove Pornhub and expand Bluesky country coverage

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:43:03 +0100

1 added.

Added

Bluesky — Iran (complete)

Replace Al Jazeera source for Signal Iran block

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:33:45 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Signal — Iran (complete): source

Add Netflix Russia and Signal Iran case details with sources

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:32:53 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Signal — Iran (complete): notes, source

Use British English spelling in page copy

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:05:19 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

VPNs — Iran (restricted): date, notes

Add VPN Tracker with ban table and legislative efforts

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:11 +0100

1 added.

Added

VPNs — Iran (restricted)

Move all ban data into censorship_data.csv

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0100

7 added.

Added

Facebook — Iran (complete)
Instagram — Iran (complete)
Signal — Iran (complete)
Telegram — Iran (complete)
WhatsApp — Iran (complete)
X (formerly Twitter) — Iran (complete)
YouTube — Iran (complete)