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Internet Blackout Keeps Iranians From Reaching Loved Ones During New Year Holiday

Authorities have restricted international and domestic internet access for over 500 hours amid regional conflict, limiting communication tools including satellite and virtual private networks, NetBlocks reported.

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a time of renewal and family celebration. But for many Iranians, that joy will be out of reach this year. The war in Iran has curtailed travel, and an internet blackout has compounded the separation, preventing families from connecting.

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In Iran, the internet blockade imposed by the Iranian regime has lasted for more than 22 days, the Internet monitoring group NetBlocks announced today.

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The people of Iran have been living in digital darkness for weeks. After an attack by Israel and the US, the regime there cut off almost the entire nation of 93 million people from the internet. This is to prevent the organization of protests and connections with the outside world. In recent years, it has become clear that turning off the internet and restricting communication has become a powerful tool for authoritarian regimes in times of cris…

Iran's digital infrastructure is in a state of collapse: global internet access has been lost for over 500 hours, according to data from the international monitoring service NetBlocks, which records large-scale internet outages across the globe. Image generated by the ChatGPT neural network. According to experts, as of Sunday morning, March 22, the country has been in a state of near-total information lockdown for 23 hours. The post "Offline for…

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