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All articles by - Hossein Derakhshan
Hossein Derakhshan is a Canadian-Iranian author and media analyst. He was the pioneer of blogging in Iran which earned him the title of ‘blogfather’ there. He spent six years in prison in Iran over his writings and web activism.

The emerging illiterate class is hooked on Facebook videos – and that’s good news for demagogues
Millennials communicate through emojis, bringing forth a new form of over-simplified, emotional news.

The web we have to save
The rich, diverse, free web that I loved — and spent years in an Iranian jail for — is dying. Why is nobody stopping it?