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Title: After US-Israel Attacks, 90 Million Iranians Lose Internet
Connectivity

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/28/1733...

CNN reports that images from Iran's capital "have shown cars jammed along
Tehran's street, with heavy traffic on major roads after today's wave of
attacks by the US and Israel." And though Iran has a population of 93
million, the attacks suddenly plunged Iran into "a near-total internet
blackout with national connectivity at 4% of ordinary levels," according to
internet monitoring experts at NetBlocks. CNN reports: Since Iran's brutal
crackdown earlier this year, the regime has made progress to allow only a
subset of people with security clearance to access the international web,
experts said. After previous internet shutdowns, some platforms never
returned. The Iranian government blocked Instagram after the internet
shutdown and protests in 2022, and the popular messaging app Telegram
following protests in 2018. The International Atomic Energy Agency announced
an hour ago that they're "closely monitoring developments" - keeping in
contact with countries in the region and so far seeing "no evidence of any
radiological impact." They're also urging "restraint to avoid any nuclear
safety risks to people in the region."

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