Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet

Post by kingo55 » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 9:46 PM UTC

gouggoug wrote: post #4

georgeburdell wrote: post #2

Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments

It will still be owned by a private company you have no control over, which isn't necessarily better

Post by heavyset_go » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

georgeburdell wrote: post #2

Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC

georgeburdell wrote: post #2

Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments

Post by vkou » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 9:51 PM UTC

rahuldottech wrote: post #12

This explains why I've been seeing #save_the_iraqi_people and related hashtags all over Instagram. For those not in the know: > demonstrators in Baghdad and elsewhere protest against lack of jobs and poor services. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/baghdad-police-open-f...

Post by caleb-allen » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 9:54 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #9

gouggoug wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It will still be owned by a private company you have no control over, which isn't necessarily better

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.