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Internet shutdown in Iran is now the longest in world history (www.heise.de)
submitted 9 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] sepi@piefed.social 15 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Well, they're kinda busy right now getting bombed so I don't think it's a priority now.

Like, sure, at first the blackout was due to repression, yes. But then after a while these two countries started bombing the crap out of Iran, so now it's a slightly different situation.

Let's imagine you have two crackheads smashing your front door: are you gonna be worried about fixing the internet at that very moment?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Gives the regime a nice scapegoat to help turn the protestors anger at the US and external factors.

The smart thing would have been for the US to quietly back the revolution and provide them with support to overthrow the regime. But here we are.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Trump said they tried this by routing them weapons through the Kurds and the Kurds just kept the weapons.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 32 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The Internet isn’t broken it’s turned off

The reason its turned off was because of protests.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago

But now they get to blame the US for everything.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What does my second sentence say, friend?

[–] CybranM@feddit.nu 1 points 18 minutes ago

What does their first sentence say, friend?

[–] morto@piefed.social 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

At this point, the shutdown might even be strategic, to make it more difficult for the us to gather leaked information

[–] Sims@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

..and keep US propaganda and tech Oligarchs out. Any nation that doesn't control its information borders, risk 'regime change' by the US regime..

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Or the Russian regime. Or at this point the combination.

Would your country like to join the Internet borg?

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 hours ago

The Internet might just be the only way to call for help.