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Firefox built-in VPN in Iran: what Mozilla said about the outage

Users in Iran reported that Firefox’s free built-in VPN stopped working and that the VPN icon disappeared for some users. Mozilla said it identified suspected abuse by unauthorized third-party apps and temporarily shut off access while investigating. Mozilla denied that the outage was related to Iranian filtering or sanctions and confirmed that the service is active again.

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Firefox built-in VPN in Iran: what Mozilla said about the outage

Users in Iran reported that Firefox’s free built-in VPN stopped working and that the VPN icon disappeared for some users. Mozilla said it identified suspected abuse by unauthorized third-party apps and temporarily shut off access while investigating. Mozilla denied that the outage was related to Iranian filtering or sanctions and confirmed that the service is active again.