jwzWhy are there no photos of the bombed out AWS data centers? Asking for an everybody.
tef@jwz the answer is "you get arrested for posting them" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-uae-tourists-expats-influencers-detained-social-media-posts/
Tourists, expats and influencers detained in UAE over digital content showing Iran war impacts, activist says
The head of an advocacy group said 21 people were facing charges under the UAE's cybercrime laws as of Thursday, including a 60-year-old British tourist.
Elena Rossini ⁂
PRW
DianePublic satellite images are also blocked.
"US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images
Company says move amid US-Israel war on Iran comes after a request from the US government."
Bruce Elrick@jwz
Where are we to look for inspiration?
Where are we to look for inspiration?
crouton@jwz might need to buy second hand images from aliexpress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/04/china-ai-military-intelligence-iran-war/
Mick Collins@jwz We can't ever have nice things, even photos
Sammy
Rodger
D. G. MarshallFinally, the right Amazon is burning.
Gary Houston@jwz why are there no photos of a bombed out White House?
@jwz Not really what I had in mind. This was evocative, for the time:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burning_of_Washington_1814.jpg
Toni Aittoniemi@jwz Because GCC countries are authoritarian hellholes with secret police, totalitarian surveillance, propaganda and the death penalty?
João Santos@jwz Amazon always tried to make the AWS data centers as "invisible" as possible for security reasons - there are relatively few pictures of AWS DCs online for this reason. I imagine they would just redouble the efforts when the photos can be used to improve targeting of ongoing attacks.
Rob Isaac
Pusher of Pixels