Azari Jahromi: Government should think of a solution sooner to lift filtering

Azari Jahromi, the Minister of Health, should think of a solution sooner to remove internet filtering.

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, the former Minister of Communications, stated that digital economy has assets such as TaliaCom, and its killers need to work well. Today, the killers of the digital economy have problems and are afflicted with two issues. One issue is market suppression due to filtering, and filtering has also led to data suppression in the country. Our international traffic consumption in 1403 has decreased compared to 1400, and even if it hasn’t decreased, it hasn’t increased much. The policy of the twelfth government in developing internet in deprived areas added 30 million users to the country’s internet.

Jahromi continued by saying that today we are facing price suppression and traffic suppression in the internet space, and our operators’ activities have shifted from economic activities to ideological activities. This region has no economic logic. Some friends believe that filtering is the solution to deal with threats.

He stated that filtering had been experienced for three years but was not a solution, and the electoral campaign of 1403 proved that all groups considered filtering ineffective. All electoral candidates emphasized the inefficiency of filtering, including Mr. Jalili, who was part of the thirteenth government. This convergence among candidates on a less discussed issue was notable. Filtering was a tough experience in the thirteenth government, and it seems that there is a consensus to solve this problem, and the government should soon consider a solution for it.