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| IRGC commander: If Internet wasn’t shut down, protests would have spread throughout the country |
| 2019-11-27 |
| [IRANINTL] Ali Balali, an IRGC commander said that if the Internet was not shut down in Iran, the protests would have spread all over the country. He continued: "Just as we are independent in our military, we must become independent in the field of the Internet, and in order to achieve that goal we must empower our domestic messenger apps." According to NetBlocks, the non-profit global Internet watchdog, during the protests in Iran, Internet access was limited to five percent of the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Where is the Musk orbital grid? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-11-27 13:20 |
| #2 In the pre-Internet days, networking was done on an ad-hoc point-to-point basis between nodes. Gosh, I wonder if this is why California is trying to shut down amateur radio repeaters? Alternative explanation: the State of Cali is just fishing for more money. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-11-27 06:05 |
| #1 I see the Democrat HoR subcommittee doesn't wish to visit the 'affected areas' to gain first-hand knowledge. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-27 01:47 |