A look at how Iranians are using satellite file-casting app Toosheh to bypass state internet blackouts as the country pushes its national intranet
and they're using them to circumvent the web during internet blackouts. @mehrnadeem3 reports for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/... https://twitter.com/... Mehr Nadeem / @mehrnadeem3 : Last November, amid anti-regime protests, the Iranian government pulled the plug on the internet - cutting off external communication for over 80 million Iranians and setting off the longest internet shutdown the country has ever seen. (1/6) @restofworld https://restofworld.org/... Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : How do you circumvent an internet shutdown? Iranians are using the satellite dishes on their roofs. https://restofworld.org/... — by @mehrnadeem3 @restofworld : Iranians are getting internet blackout survival tools beamed into their homes via satellite By @mehrnadeem3 https://restofworld.org/... Meher / @_meher : This story (by @mehrnadeem3) kind of blew my mind. Iranians are using satellite dishes, like TV satellite dishes, to beam information into the country. During the countrywide internet shutdown last year, it was a lifeline for outside information https://restofworld.org/...