Crowdsourcing morality: How an app allows the Iraqi government to arrest ‘indecent’ influencers

  _Earlier this year, Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior launched an app called [Ballegh](https://smex.org/iraqs-controversial-ballegh-platform-for-combating-indecent-content/) to great fanfare. The government in Baghdad billed it as an opportunity for anyone in Iraq to help the government identify social media posts that were “offensive.” The problem is, the government hasn’t defined “offensive,” which has allowed Baghdad to

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