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

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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 head of Bellingcat was posting about that yesterday. Still available from Chinese satellite companies

@ai6yr https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3miotfqqqqs2j

Oh, they boosted this quote post of a quote post that commented about it still being available. https://bsky.app/profile/yoruk.bsky.social/post/3mip6u5vrcc2q

Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social)

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

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