UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime
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Hadi and Mahdi Anjidani, co-founders of TS Information Technology, a UK-based company with ties to an Iranian software corporation, have been accused of handing user data to the Iranian regime. The company operates Gap Messenger, a popular messaging app that claims to be encrypted and does not share data with third parties. However, Iranian digital rights experts claim that this is false. Anjidani has also expressed pro-regime views in Iranian media and has connections to the former Iranian deputy communications minister. The Iranian government's national internet, which Gap Messenger is a part of, offers connectivity to 93 million people who are otherwise cut off from the outside world. This network is used by the regime as a tool for controlling the flow of information during crackdowns on anti-government protests.
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