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Iran’s conservative parliament moves to ban Instagram

Iran’s newly inaugurated hard-line parliament is pushing for a new ban on the country’s already restricted social media, a campaign that critics view as a war on the free flow of information.

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An Iranian traveler arrives at a bus terminal in Tehran on Jan. 13, 2018. The exploits of young Iranian travelers, hitchhiking and backpacking their way around the globe, have become immensely popular on Instagram and Telegram, the most widely used apps in Iran. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

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