The document for removing the filter of foreign messengers has been declassified

Today, at the press conference of the head of the National Center for Cyberspace, the 32-clause resolution to remove the filter of foreign messengers was declassified. According to ICT News, the text of the resolution "facilitating access to foreign platforms and promoting lawful governance" or the 32-clause resolution today at the press conference of Seyed Mohammad Amin Aghamiri, the secretary of the Supreme Council and the head of the Center [...] the document to remove the filter of foreign messengers was declassified. First in ICT News | News reference

Today, at the press conference of the head of the National Center for Cyberspace, the 32-clause resolution to remove the filter of foreign messengers was declassified.

According to ICT News, the text of the resolution "facilitating access to foreign platforms and promoting lawful governance" or the 32-clause resolution was declassified today at the press conference of Seyed Mohammadamin Aghamiri, the secretary of the Supreme Council and head of the National Center for Cyberspace. This document, which defines the way to remove the step-by-step filtering of foreign platforms and was compiled with the aim of revising the policies of cyberspace blocking, was approved in January 1403 by the President's signature in the Supreme Council of Cyberspace. According to this resolution, each of the 32 clauses has a specific guardian among the executive bodies, and government bodies, including the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, are responsible for the implementation of most of these clauses.

The reopening of Google Play and WhatsApp in the first phase based on the action plan of this resolution, the first phase includes allocating infrastructure to selected domestic content platforms for a period of three months, approving a media advertising support package worth 500 billion tomans for these platforms, and announcing policies on network traffic tariffs and content revenue sharing. At this stage, the reopening of Google Play and WhatsApp is also predicted, the responsibility of which in Sindh has been given to the Supreme Council of Cyber ​​Space and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Providing YouTube through governable portals in the second stage. In the second stage, it is planned to provide YouTube through governable portals, implement traffic tariff policies and content revenue sharing, and create a sustainable ecosystem for the production of popular content on domestic platforms. Also, facilitating investment to create and strengthen content and service platforms, allocating processing and storage infrastructure required for selected domestic platforms for the next year and negotiating with foreign platforms, especially new platforms, are other actions of this stage. According to this resolution, the exclusive provision of some services, including electronic prescriptions, bank transaction SMS, and communication arms of devices with reference to selected internal messengers, is also at this stage. Approving the ban on the official use of devices from foreign platforms, except for the cases excluded by the committee for determining instances of criminal content, and reviewing the way of dealing with instances of criminal content in domestic and foreign platforms are also among the other planned measures.

The reopening of Telegram is subject to the acceptance of the conditions approved in the third stage of the resolution, focusing on increasing the quality of access to domestic platforms by improving speed, stability and user experience, providing exclusive government services on selected domestic messengers, and applying another part of tariff policies targeting high-consumption subscribers. Providing new sanctions-busting services, developing a family security plan in cyberspace, developing and following up on the approval of the platform responsibility law, and improving the quality of the network and refining systems are also expected at this stage. According to the document, the reopening of Telegram after negotiation and subject to the acceptance of the conditions approved by the working group under Article 4 is at this stage. If no agreement is reached, it is planned to provide Telegram through selected internal messengers, according to the resolution of the 96th session of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace. Dealing with filter breakers and reopening other platforms in the fourth stage. In the fourth stage, strengthening technical knowledge to deal with filtering tools and intensifying dealing with unauthorized filtering tools, drafting and following up on the approval of the Intellectual Property Law and drafting a bill to criminalize the supply and sale of evasive governance tools are foreseen. Preventing tax evasion of income from economic and content activities in foreign platforms, organizing the internet of layers and providing legal filtering and judicial dealing with user violations in unauthorized foreign platforms are also among the other measures of this stage. Also, the reopening of other foreign platforms after negotiating and accepting the conditions of the steering committee is at this stage.

To monitor the implementation of the decree with specific indicators based on Article 4 of the decree, a steering committee is formed under the chairmanship of the National Center for Virtual Space and with the secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The Ministry of Information, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Attorney General's Office are also members of this working group. Examining and approving the operational plan and timing of actions, determining key indicators, approving entry into the next stages, reviewing the responsibility of the institutions and following up negotiations with foreign platforms are among the tasks of this working group. This working group also has the authority to issue an order to return to the previous steps in case of violation, defect or failure in the implementation of the steps. The design and implementation of the comprehensive system for the evaluation of the progress of actions is also the responsibility of the secretary of the working group. According to Article 5, the National Center of Cyberspace is obliged to review monitoring and evaluation indicators on a continuous and monthly basis and submit the results to the Supreme Council of Cyberspace. These indicators include the ratio of internal to external traffic, the amount of anonymous traffic, the widespread use of filter breakers, the level of public acceptance of platforms based on monthly traffic and daily active users, the amount of use and satisfaction of users of internal platforms compared to external platforms, the retention time and the rate of user interaction, the number of groups of less than 50 people, the amount of crimes related to cyberspace and the satisfaction of users with the speed and quality of the Internet.