Investigating the Impact of Internet Filtering on Users’ Privacy in Cyberspace
Keywords:
Filtering, Privacy, Cyberspace, User rightsAbstract
Cyberspace, as one of the most significant phenomena of the digital era, plays a pivotal role in facilitating communication, expanding businesses, and providing access to information. Simultaneously, filtering policies and internet restrictions have introduced serious challenges to user privacy and fundamental rights. The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of internet filtering on users' privacy and to analyze the associated legal, social, and jurisprudential dimensions. This research adopts a descriptive-analytical approach, utilizing analysis of national and international laws, jurisprudential principles such as the "no-harm" rule (La Darar), and a comparative study of filtering policies in China, Singapore, and Iran. The findings revealed that non-transparent and broad filtering policies can lead to significant violations of privacy, reduced access to reliable information, severe restrictions on freedom of expression, and disruption of the digital economy. Moreover, these policies diminish public trust and increase reliance on illegal tools such as VPNs. In contrast, the use of intelligent technologies, the development of transparent legislation, and the implementation of targeted content management tools can establish an effective balance between security and privacy, thereby restoring user trust in cyberspace governance policies.
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