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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards target popular messaging app in widening crackdown

November 15, 2015 admin arsenal, chief-executive, citing-fears, created-new, during-parade, iran, tehran, white-collar

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on the messaging app Telegram for spreading “immoral content”, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday, the latest detentions in a clampdown on freedom of expression. In recent weeks, Iran's powerful hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rounded up a number of artists, journalists and U.S. citizens, citing fears of Western “infiltration”

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Relatives search for missing, grief pours out on social media after Paris attacks

November 14, 2015 creative arsenal, callum-hamish, citing-fears, cousin, created-new, deadly-assault, during-parade, facebook, iran, saturday, tehran, twitter, white-collar

By Raissa Kasolowsky LONDON (Reuters) – Scores of appeals for missing people circulated on Twitter and green “I am safe” ticks appeared on Facebook profiles of many Parisians on Saturday, as an outpouring of shock and grief over Friday’s deadly assault dominated social media. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were flooded with tributes, messages of condolences and solidarity for the victims and for France, with #PrayforParis and #PrayersforParis the top trending hashtags by far