Middle East Eye: Iranian authorities shut down internet amid protests
While Iranian state media said calm had been restored, videos on social media showed protests had continued.
Authorities have restricted internet access in Iran, the semi-official ISNA news agency said on Sunday, after almost two days of nationwide protests triggered by a petrol price hike.
"Access to the internet has been limited as of last night and for the next 24 hours," an informed source at the information and telecommunications ministry said, as quoted by ISNA.
The decision was made by the Supreme National Security Council of Iran and communicated to internet service providers overnight, the source added, according to AFP.
It came after state television accused "hostile media" of trying to use fake news and videos on social media to exaggerate the protests as "large and extensive".
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Update: Iran's 'largest internet shutdown ever' is happening now. Here's what you need to know (CNN)
WNU Editor: One of my side projects is a free ebook library that has been online for over 17 years (Bookyards). We are permitted in every country, with the exception of North Korea. And in the case of Iran we get about 100 visitors each day who enjoy downloading our English classics, but for the past two days we have had nothing. Zero activity/traffic. This is a first from Iran, and it tells me that they do have an internet kill switch that is 100% effective.
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Now the Ayatollahs have shot themselves in the foot.
Shutting down the internet hampers Iranian companies and others from conducting business.
Things won't get done on time. Not everyone will protest and those who are working cannot communicate effectively with others in their organizations in another city. Phone might help, but if it were a 100% solution, email would have disappeared by now.
Probably a lot easier to do when your internet infrastructure is small and limited.
Good point, anon. Bad move for business in a country with a declining economy.
How to win friends and influence people. I think Dale Carnigie wrote this in the mid 40's or thereabouts. It was a best seller.
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