Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments
And instead controlled by one corporation headquartered in a nation that also partially controls Iraq.
Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
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#52Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments
To anyone else interested, here's a link to a draft paper about starlink: https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkJHandley/status/1044621609120.... Apologies for not posting the direct link, for some reason my copy url gets hijacked on twitter mobile.
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#53Iraqi here (But I live in Turkey), protests were raging yesterday and today, first social media was taken down now the whole internet from mid (Baghdad) to the rest of the south of the country Here is a local service monitor for all major ISPs in Iraq: http://akonet.info This is the usual procedure by the "freedom" government they do this every time, the only issue is this time the protestors are not carrying any fla…
Thank you for this. I am Kurdish, living in the UK. I usually follow both Iraqi and Kurdish news but somehow I was completely oblivious to the current uprising.
I wish the Iraqi people the best I hope you can either get the government to get their ass into gear or otherwise replace them. I have spoken to plenty of family members in Kurdistan and they're all wishing you all the best.
It's a sad state of affairs but I hope it works out for the better.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Especially since Iraq is leaning on private companies (ISPs) to get them to shut down the internet. The one advantage that Starlink might have is, it might be a company beyond the reach of the Iraqi government, and therefore less likely to give in to their pressure to close off access. But what we really need is several such companies, not just one.
Aren't there multiple Starlink competitors in development now?
Yes, they’re just the furthest along and perhaps most likely to succeed since they own the launching mechanism the others would likely use.
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#55Why are they burning Iranian flags?
Because the government is backed by Iran (puppet) and it's fully corrupt?
Wait, didn't America wage a war to install a pro-American government in Iraq? Are they somehow pro-American and pro-Iran at the same time, or did they switch alliances while nobody in the west was paying attention?
Re: Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
#56Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments
To anyone else interested, here's a link to a draft paper about starlink: https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkJHandley/status/1044621609120... . Apologies for not posting the direct link, for some reason my copy url gets hijacked on twitter mobile.
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#57Re: Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because the government is backed by Iran (puppet) and it's fully corrupt?
Wait, didn't America wage a war to install a pro-American government in Iraq? Are they somehow pro-American and pro-Iran at the same time, or did they switch alliances while nobody in the west was paying attention?
Half these Pro-Americans used to hide in Iran before the war, America got outplayed when it comes to the Iraqi government lol
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because the government is backed by Iran (puppet) and it's fully corrupt?
Wait, didn't America wage a war to install a pro-American government in Iraq? Are they somehow pro-American and pro-Iran at the same time, or did they switch alliances while nobody in the west was paying attention?
The Iraqi elections are democratic (somewhat? I don’t know the level of Iranian influence) and not controlled by the USA.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because the government is backed by Iran (puppet) and it's fully corrupt?
Wait, didn't America wage a war to install a pro-American government in Iraq? Are they somehow pro-American and pro-Iran at the same time, or did they switch alliances while nobody in the west was paying attention?
Probably a bit of “honne & tatemae”