Mehdi Yahyanejad

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| name = Mehdi Yahyanejad

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}

| birth_place = Iran

| occupation = Entrepreneur

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Mehdi Yahyanejad (born 1975) is a tech entrepreneur who founded Balatarin.com, a news sharing website in Persian in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.balavision.com/en/participants/ic9h92q|title=Balavision: Mehdi Yahyanejad|website=www.balavision.com|language=fa|access-date=2017-04-21}} Balatarin has been blocked by the Iranian government in Iran and has been the target of hacking and DDOS attacks by the Iranian government.{{Cite book|title=Social Media in Iran: Politics and Society after 2009|last1=Faris|first1=David M.|last2=Rahimi|first2=Babak|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2015|isbn=978-1438458830|location=|pages=193}} Mehdi Yahyanejad has also co-founded NetFreedom Pioneers which is an organization dedicated increasing access to Internet. He launched the Toosheh project, a method to stream data files to Iran through satellite TV in April 2016.{{Cite magazine |last=Greenberg |first=Andy |title=The Ingenious Way Iranians Are Using Satellite TV to Beam in Banned Internet |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-way-iranians-using-satellite-tv-beam-banned-data/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/03/toosheh-mehdi-yahyanejad/|title=New App Lets Iranians Download Information Via Satellite and Bypass State's Internet Censorship – Center for Human Rights in Iran|website=www.iranhumanrights.org|date=18 March 2016|access-date=2017-04-21}}{{Cite news |date=2016-04-04 |title=Toosheh, une nouvelle technologie pour contourner la censure en Iran |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/04/04/toosheh-une-nouvelle-technologie-pour-contourner-la-censure-en-iran_4894938_4408996.html |access-date=2023-01-31}} He works on building technologies to allow Internet access in remote areas and offline content sharing.{{Cite news |last1=Glanz |first1=James |last2=Markoff |first2=John |date=2011-06-12 |title=U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |issn=0362-4331}} He has also published a number of articles and educational videos on cyber security to train journalist and citizen journalists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roozonline.com/persian/author/name/mehdi_yahyanejad.html|title = Roozonline : Online USA Shopping Promo Code, Coupons, August 2021 100% Cashback Promo Code, Deals, Vouchers}}{{Cite web |title=Balavision: Mehdi Yahyanejad |url=https://www.balavision.com/en/participants/ic9h92q |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=www.balavision.com}}{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/internet-freedom-activists-scramble-help-iranians-evade-tehrans-digita-rcna50232 |title= Internet freedom activists scramble to help Iranians evade Tehran's digital crackdown |publisher= NBC News}}