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The Guardian Weekly
|February 27, 2026
How online shutdowns are now cheaper and easier to impose
During the height of Iran’s blackout in January, people could still access a platform that, in some senses, was like the internet.
Iranians could message family members on a government-monitored app and were able to read state news and use a local navigation service.
What they couldn’t do was check international headlines about thousands of people being killed by government forces during one of the bloodiest weeks in recent Iranian history. Nor, for the most part, could they get evidence out of Iran - no pictures, no videos, no testimony of military vehicles being driven into protesters or family members being dragged from their homes and shot.
What Iran has, a splinternet, is becoming reality for many millions of people. It is likely to get far worse.
Dit verhaal komt uit de February 27, 2026-editie van The Guardian Weekly.
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