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The internet blackout in #Iran is ongoing and I am trying to find information about how its actually enacted. Hearing that local services are working. Would like to understand how exactly the blackout is enacted. Are they filtering IP blocks? Are all .ir domains still accessible? The media keeps talking about it like it's a big on off switch but that's obviously not the case
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week-long total internet blackout ordered by Supreme National Security Council

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As a person living in Iran, I can explain the situation. For almost 3 days, our connection to global websites was blocked completely (it's a bit better now on home WiFis, but still a living nightmare), and only the local websites hosted on Iranian servers worked. We didn't have Google, GitHub or any other websites; we couldn't connect to our servers outside of Iran through SSH. The only way a very small number of people had access to the internet was that they bought...
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