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How Iran’s internet blackout is affecting your social media feed

Iran’s internet blackout is impacting news algorithms and our social media feeds, an internet watchdog has warned. In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Alp Toker, founder of Netblocks explains how the internet shutdown in Iran is not just causing local disruption.

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What to know about protests in Iran as the government halts the internet

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Iran’s heavy crackdown quells protests

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Iran crackdown death toll at least 2,000: US official

The U.S. estimates that somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 people have been killed in nationwide protests in Iran, a senior U.S. official told USA TODAY.

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The Death Toll From a Crackdown on Protests in Iran Jumps to at Least 2,571, Activists Say

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Iran’s Heavy Crackdown Quells Protests

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Analysis: Scale of protests and violence in Iran echoes chaos around its 1979 Islamic Revolution

That poses perhaps the greatest risk to Iran's theocracy in the time since that revolution: It now faces a populace increasingly willing to defy a government long willing to use violence to suppress d...

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Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters, despite Trump's warning

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Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos evokes 1979 revolution

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Can the internet still be trusted?

People rely on the internet for answers, services, and connection, but trust in it is declining. Misinformation spreads faster than it can be corrected. Personal data is collected, sold, and often leaked. Algorithms push content based on profit, not accuracy or relevance.

Santa Clara University

On Biased Humans and Algorithms

Irina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The following is a lightly edited version of comments made as part of a panel discussion at Duquesne University in October 2022.

AP explains how Musk’s free Starlink access is a game-changer for Iranian protesters

Iranian demonstrators' ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow

Could Starlink help break internet blackout in Iran? Trump turns to Elon Musk

SpaceX's internet satellite service known as Starlink is reportedly now accessible in Iran, where protests have shaken the nation for weeks.