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hello everyone koi boy here aka Mr Clean
happy Friday Eve Big Show for you today
but only 10 minutes to do it so let's
get to it as we've previously reported
the nation of Iran has seen protests in
more than 80 cities over the past few
weeks after a young woman named Masa
amini was detained by the country's
morality police for allegedly failing to
wear a hijab or headscarf they're
mandated by national law Masa died in
custody prompting a nationwide response
protesters many of whom are women are
taking to the streets across the country
in rare displays of defiance citizens
are also challenging the government over
religious rules and a failing economy
the protests are gaining momentum but
the government is cracking down on
protesters who they say have made the
streets dangerous and multiple
casualties have been reported since the
conflict began experts say the protests
are likely to continue as protesters
seem Bolder and more defiant than in
previous demonstrations in 2019 2017 and
2009 this is posing an unprecedented
challenge to the Iranian regime the
protesters themselves are also unique
transcending Iran's social and ethnic
divisions we're going to hear more from
CNN investigative producer Katie polgas
whose research looks at how the protests
are spreading around the world on social
media her research also looks into how
Iran is restricting the internet in an
attempt to crack down on dissent and
before we get started a note to everyone
watching CNN has contacted the U.S and
Iranian governments for comment but has
yet to receive a response
foreign
as protesters took to the streets of
Iran following the death of masanini
video clips of this Uprising began to
flood to the internet making sure the
world saw and heard the desire for
change
but then it went dark
with Instagram then what's up then
LinkedIn net blocks is one of the global
leaders on internet monitoring they
quickly observed alarming activity in
Iran what's been astounding is the
variety of Internet restrictions and
disruptions that have been put in place
users inside Iran confirmed the shutdown
sending CNN screenshots of the sites
they couldn't access
the Iranian government has a long
history of restricting the internet
protests in 2019 prompted the most
severe shutdown to date an attempt to
hide from the world of violent Crackdown
on descent
but the Iranian people have become
experts at finding workarounds a young
tech savvy population vast numbers of
them use vpns Virtual private networks
now even this may be difficult this
teenager told us via text from inside
Iran that the government is disabling
vpns one by one
however the obstacles Iranians face have
come not just from their own government
but also from the International
Community for the last decade U.S
sanctions led many major tech companies
to withdraw from Iran completely
Masa Ali madani is an internet
researcher focusing on freedom of
expression online in Iran there's a
massive you know population of Iranian
technologists Iranian developers who
rely on certain services like Google
Cloud platform or Google app engine and
so this has been
um basically blocked from the U.S side
because of sanctions and this has had a
detrimental impact activists say that
removing alternatives for Iranian users
has actually bolstered the Iranian
government's efforts to set up a
national internet infrastructure stays
local the data stays local the ability
for the authorities to censor and
control what's going on in the internet
remains centralized into their hands
following the latest protest the U.S
treasury finally announced updates to
their sanctions in order to encourage
tech companies to operate in Iran it's
been almost 10 years that Iranians have
had to wait for this update in the
license and while better late than ever
it has been a belated action by the US
government and so there has been a lot
of harm done in the interim
the onus is now on tech companies to act
many large Tech firms including Google
and meta have said they plan to open up
new services to Iran after the U.S
announcement but activists say they're
doing a fraction of what's possible Iran
is kind of isolated so we need to break
that isolation so we need to see more
help coming from other big tech
companies like Google The crucial
Services really have not been worked on
yet so there's a lot to be desired
Google told CNN ongoing legal or
technical barriers May block the
provision of certain services but we are
exploring whether additional products
might be made available
meanwhile those inside Iran remained
frustrated at the inaction this young
Iranian told CNN tech companies were
restricting them and not the government
Katie pogles CNN London
10 second trivia which one of these U.S
service academies would you find at
Annapolis Maryland the military academy
the Naval Academy the Air Force Academy
or the Coast Guard Academy
established in 1845 the U.S Naval
Academy is in Annapolis and it's where
we're headed next
you're about to get a glimpse inside the
hearts and minds of individuals who've
decided to dedicate their lives to all
of us we had the rare privilege of
visiting the U.S Naval Academy to go
through their vaunted sea trials not
open to the public it's a rite of
passage for freshmen that includes 14
grueling hours of physical and mental
challenges people are tested and pushed
themselves to the brink of exhaustion
but something magical happens when
individuals dig deep and get support
from their peers to become something
greater than they ever were before
it's 2 30 in the morning I'm in
Annapolis Maryland at the U.S Naval
Academy I'm Coy wire and this is sea
trials
I hope I don't scratch my head
they're doing their exercises in the
water the wet and Sandy which sounds fun
at a
5 30 in the morning in a 50 degree
weather
this shows them that they're only as
strong as their weakest link so they
learn how to work together they learn
how to how to communicate together
100 oh these pleaves are tired their
feet hurt they're wet they're sweaty
it's just a very long day for them
physically and mentally
has been feeling live
no joke baby
joke
full phase right now we have rifle
overhead tread for the blue people in
the water with the rifle over their head
treading and working on teamwork we
don't have a group of Cleves going
underwater and undoing locks while their
teammates are out there giving them the
combination so it's a really neat event
great team building
look at this determination everybody
here we've been learning about
everything from leadership to building
up each other encouragement trust all of
that throughout the year so this is like
the culmination of all that
you're about heading to head into
endurance course
guys
what kept you going I have so many
people here they're looking out for me
honestly I've never felt anything like
that before like give me shivers things
I inspire you to be that for someone
else now no doubt no doubt it's been 14
hours of Blood Sweat and Tears they
could have quit but they didn't see
trials is duh
and for today's 10 out of 10 this new
keyboard may not be your type Google
Japan invented a keyboard of the future
it's basically a stick that's more than
five feet long creators say that two
people can use it at the same time if
you get keyboard or you can naturally be
stretching your arms out at school all
day if you're typing alone they also
joke that it could be used to hit that
far away light switch or even catch some
bugs alright special shout out today to
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and everyone watching around the world
have a wonderful one I'm Coy wire this
is CNN 10 and I'll see you tomorrow
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