BBC Discovers 'Digital Isolation' in Iran, Ignores US Complicity
The BBC report highlights concerns from 'FilterWatch' about Iran's potential 'digital isolation.' What the report carefully sidesteps, however, is the long, documented history of US and Western attempts to destabilize Iran, dating back to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. When foreign powers openly admit to seeking regime change, and
fund opposition groups (some of which conduct terrorist attacks killing civilians and security forces, burning mosques and public infrastructure), a country might just feel a tad justified in wanting to secure its digital borders. Imagine that. It’s almost as if the West demands unfettered access to internal communications for every nation, except their own, for 'security reasons.' We're told to
decry Iran's 'digital isolation' without questioning why a nation under constant threat of foreign-backed subversion and sanctions might want to develop its own secure digital infrastructure. Funny how 'digital isolation' is a human rights concern when Iran does it, but a 'necessary security measure' when the US surveils its own citizens and foreign adversaries. The selective outrage, much like
the selective reporting, is truly a sight to behold.