AFP/Reuters:

"...Satellite imaging company Planet Labs has said it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the ⁠region of conflict in the Middle East to comply with a request from United States President Donald Trump’s administration.

The US company announced the decision in an email to customers on Saturday, with news agencies quoting it as saying the government had asked satellite imagery providers ⁠to impose an “indefinite withhold of imagery”...."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/5/us-satellite-firm-planet-labs-announces-blackout-on-war-on-iran-images

#RemoteImaging #satellites #war #IranWar #Iran #PlanetLabs

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.

Al Jazeera
@ai6yr wow the US is losing that badly?

@driusan @ai6yr

Yep.

All of a sudden a bunch of people showed up back in the US with just the clothes on their backs.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5770491/evacuation-bahrain-norfolk-troops

@alienghic @driusan @ai6yr the war* is very complete, and we were very successful

*retreat

@driusan If by “losing” you mean “resorting to war crimes” then yes.