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.

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