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Iranian protesters turn to TikTok to get their message past government censors

  • Written by Whitney Shylee May, Ph.D. candidate in American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageScenes of protest in Iran are difficult to get out of the country, but TikTok users are rising to the challenge.Screen capture by The Conversation

Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government’s brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media....

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