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Governments do not always shut the internet down completely. More often they slow it, filter it, or reshape traffic routes in ways that rarely make the news. We measure those signals with transparent, auditable methods, build circumvention tools that hold up under deliberate throttling, and publish disruption data in public research rather than closed, hard-to-reach dashboards.

• Tools that help people stay online during filtering
• Early alerts when internet conditions suddenly change
• Public maps that show where access was blocked or slowed

When the state holds the narrative, measuring what people think needs secure channels, careful weighting, and a method that can stand up to expert review. We survey in Iran and among Iranians abroad, put respondent safety ahead of sample size, and publish results with the methodology, not only as a headline.

• Short surveys people can answer safely on a phone
• Simple briefings for journalists who need reliable numbers
• Honest notes on what a poll can and cannot say

Activists, journalists, and researchers do not only face ordinary phishing. They are targeted by organized surveillance designed to silence them. We build low-trace tools and secure intake paths so documentation can be gathered without opening a new attack surface. We also share threat information with the people who actually need it.

• Tools that leave fewer traces for people under watch
• Quiet ways to send sensitive files without drama
• Safer settings for phones and everyday accounts

Raw field data has little impact if it never reaches lawmakers and journalists. We publish civic, documented datasets that are hard to quietly alter, brief policymakers on field evidence rather than official narratives, and stand with civil society whenever it needs research in a crisis.

• Open civic datasets people can download and reuse
• Help keeping civic research online when it is under pressure
• Training civic groups to publish clean, checkable data of their own