Wartime internet shutdowns are not just about blocking websites. In Iran, they can mean digital isolation, surveillance, failing VPNs, and serious danger for people simply trying to contact family or access vital information.

This piece is worth your time:
https://www.techpolicy.press/what-digital-isolation-and-censorship-evasion-look-like-in-wartime-iran/

When a state can squeeze the internet down to a trickle, control communication, and punish attempts to evade censorship, the web stops being a public space and becomes a weapon.

#Iran #InternetShutdown #Censorship #Privacy #DigitalRights #FreedomOfExpression

#LazyWeb question: Looking at the #Meshtastic world map[1], it seems Iran's internet/comms shutdown[2] is also including #LoRa bands, but it's hard to find conclusive information about it, though I would assume that if a govt/regime is cutting off comms, it's doing so comprehensively... Of course, there's the (unlikely) possibility for there to be zero nodes in the country to begin with... Anyone knows more?

This insight seems quite important to understand (not just for Iran) and how it potentially re-frames (or constrains) the "networking without internet" to purely non-conflict situations (e.g. being physically out of range of other networks, rather than caused by active suppression)

[1] https://meshtastic.liamcottle.net/
[2] https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116305605456141201

#InternetShutdown #Blackout

Thursday, March 26, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/thursday-march-26-2026/

The Most Terrifying Shutdown. How Russia Helps Kill Protesters in Iran

https://peertube.eqver.se/w/9c13AX235s5icF2zpamkeL

RE: https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116203685821832371

In times of crisis, internet access isn't a luxury; it is a vital tool for survival. This #InternetShutdown is the forced isolation of an entire nation.
#Iran #IranWar #IranBlackout

Iran Faces Widespread Internet Shutdown Amid Conflict and Infrastructure Damage

📰 Original title: The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/iran-faces-widespread-internet-shutdown-amid-conflict-and-infrastructure-damage/?redirpost=13447084-71f7-4e4e-ad90-3b3e5eaafd29

#technology #iran #internetshutdown #digitalsurveillance

Iran Faces Widespread Internet Shutdown Amid Conflict and Infrastructure Damage

📰 Original title: The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/iran-faces-widespread-internet-shutdown-amid-conflict-and-infrastructure-damage/?redirpost=13447084-71f7-4e4e-ad90-3b3e5eaafd29

#technology #iran #internetshutdown #digitalsurveillance