NetBlocksMar 1

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has now passed the 24-hour mark with national connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels.

The measure limits civic engagement at a key moment for the country's future after the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei in US and Israeli airstrikes.

Show threadThe Digital Coolie 🇵🇸 🇮🇷Mar 1
@netblocks A bit disingenuous. *External* connectivity had been restricted. Internet connectivity is working within the country. Local websites and app services are unaffected.
Show threadCaptainAyeAyeMar 1
@Digital_Coolie @netblocks In that case, is this external disconnection a result of infrastructure damage (potentially targeted strikes), or simply blocking of the traffic (potentially complicit private telecom companies)?
Show threadThe Digital Coolie 🇵🇸 🇮🇷Mar 1

@CaptainAyeAye @netblocks

The Iranian government has a policy of blocking external traffic during times of unrest to disrupt communications between foreign intelligence agencies and their agents and proxies within the country.

Such actors recently started to use US supplied starlink terminals, but those have also been jammed.

Show threadfree_iran
@Digital_Coolie @CaptainAyeAye @netblocks
As a Iranian who lives in iran, the blocking purpose is restrict people from news and feed false news to us.
You can think about cyber security but it's false.
Mar 1 at 8:56pmWeb