Intelligence agents wanted accounts of journalists and activists to be removed, whistleblowers say.
The unrest quickly turned political, with demonstrators chanting slogans against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi.
1500tasvir called the move "unbelievable" and warned that it was the only way Iranians could communicate with the world, particularly those living in small towns and villages.The former content moderator told the BBC that he "personally knew some reviewers who supported the Iranian regime and received instructions from Iran".
"The processes in place eliminate the ability of reviewers to insert personal or political opinions into their job," it added. A spokesperson for Meta Platforms told the BBC: "We see no evidence to support these claims. Our review teams remove content that breaks our rules." The company said the audits helped it identify mistakes so that it could take remedial action. It also said that recent audits of Persian-speaking moderators in Germany "have shown high levels of accuracy and are consistent with our results across other review sites and other languages".
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