There are some in the govt with whitelisted SIM cards and dissidents with starlink dishes but that’s it. Most Iranians are trying to get out of the country to get internet access at a risk.
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So, there is some good in a bad situation.
Pretty sure North Korea does not have internet.
It does but not for ordinary citizens. And it wouldnt be a shutdown since the Internet isn't normally available.
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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?
The Internet isn’t broken it’s turned off
The reason its turned off was because of protests.
But now they get to blame the US for everything.
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.
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At this point, the shutdown might even be strategic, to make it more difficult for the us to gather leaked information
The Internet might just be the only way to call for help.
I lived half of my life without the internet. They'll probably be happier.
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Fuck heise
That article reads like a ChatGPT summary, though I'm not sure if that's partially due to translation from German or not.