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How the battle for #democracy will be fought — and won
"The government cut off internet access in parts of Kurdistan, Tehran and elsewhere, according to NetBlocks, which tracks internet outages. Iran’s theocratic rulers apparently intended to keep demonstrators in the dark about protests spreading in neighboring towns and cities. Both WhatsApp and Instagram were shut down.
But a little-known channel helped millions of Iranians stay in the know. A nongovernmental organization in Los Angeles, #NetFreedom Pioneers, had created a method to bypass the internet entirely and broadcast files — text, audio or video — from commercial satellites to anyone with a receiver dish. It is called Toosheh, or Knapsack. The group collected photos and news reports from social media platforms and elsewhere, uploaded them to a satellite and then down to homes in blacked-out Iran. The news was easily shareable on a flash drive."
#iran #Toosheh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/21/autocracy-democracy-internet-circumvention -
How the battle for #democracy will be fought — and won
"The government cut off internet access in parts of Kurdistan, Tehran and elsewhere, according to NetBlocks, which tracks internet outages. Iran’s theocratic rulers apparently intended to keep demonstrators in the dark about protests spreading in neighboring towns and cities. Both WhatsApp and Instagram were shut down.
But a little-known channel helped millions of Iranians stay in the know. A nongovernmental organization in Los Angeles, #NetFreedom Pioneers, had created a method to bypass the internet entirely and broadcast files — text, audio or video — from commercial satellites to anyone with a receiver dish. It is called Toosheh, or Knapsack. The group collected photos and news reports from social media platforms and elsewhere, uploaded them to a satellite and then down to homes in blacked-out Iran. The news was easily shareable on a flash drive."
#iran #Toosheh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/21/autocracy-democracy-internet-circumvention