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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| "Research by the VPN tracker Top10VPN.com shows that downloads of VPNs in Iran were 30 times higher at the end of September than in the previous 28 days and that demand for the services remains significantly heightened." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Oil workers in Iran, including port workers in Asaluyeh and refinery workers in Abadan, are striking in support of the protests." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "He said, World leaders must move beyond statements of condemnation to collective action through an international front signalling to the government in Iran that the international community will not look the other way and conduct business as usual while it slaughters unarmed civilians." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Speaking to an Index correspondent over the phone from his home city of Sari in the north of Iran, the censored musician Mehdi Rajabian said: It has become very difficult for me to access the free internet and the speeds of the platforms are very slow and blocked." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "According to the BBC World Service's Rana Rahimpour women are walking the streets of Tehran with no hijab and cars are honking their support." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "News that has emerged from Iran has made it out despite widespread internet and mobile network shutdowns in the country." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran following her arrest by the morality police has sparked widespread protests across the country, with women taking a prominent role in demonstrating against their unequal treatment in the country." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Among the dead is Sarina Esmailzadeh, a 16-year-old girl who was killed following protests on 22 September in Mehrshahr, just outside Tehran, reportedly due to repeated baton blows by security forces." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Since Amini's death on 16 September, precipitated by her arrest for not wearing the hijab correctly, at least 185 people, including at least 19 children, have been killed in the nationwide protests across Iran, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI)." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "The Kremlin says there are no plans for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden during a Group of 20 summit in Indonesia next month." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Asked about Biden's comments in an interview with CNN in which he warned that the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine would lead to a horrible outcome, Peskov said the remarks were part of harmful and provocative Western nuclear rhetoric." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
56% : Research by the VPN tracker Top10VPN.com shows that downloads of VPNs in Iran were 30 times higher at the end of September than in the previous 28 days and that demand for the services remains significantly heightened.50% : Oil workers in Iran, including port workers in Asaluyeh and refinery workers in Abadan, are striking in support of the protests.
46% : He said, "World leaders must move beyond statements of condemnation to collective action through an international front signalling to the government in Iran that the international community will not look the other way and conduct business as usual while it slaughters unarmed civilians."
45% : Speaking to an Index correspondent over the phone from his home city of Sari in the north of Iran, the censored musician Mehdi Rajabian said: "It has become very difficult for me to access the free internet and the speeds of the platforms are very slow and blocked.
44% : According to the BBC World Service's Rana Rahimpour women are walking the streets of Tehran with no hijab and cars are honking their support.
42% : News that has emerged from Iran has made it out despite widespread internet and mobile network shutdowns in the country.
34% : The death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran following her arrest by the "morality police" has sparked widespread protests across the country, with women taking a prominent role in demonstrating against their unequal treatment in the country.
33% : Among the dead is Sarina Esmailzadeh, a 16-year-old girl who was killed following protests on 22 September in Mehrshahr, just outside Tehran, reportedly due to repeated baton blows by security forces.
23% : Since Amini's death on 16 September, precipitated by her arrest for not wearing the hijab correctly, at least 185 people, including at least 19 children, have been killed in the nationwide protests across Iran, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.