Iran: The protests, the blackout and the narrative war
Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine....
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Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine....
Stars and Stripes newspaper Ullstein bild via Getty Images The military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, is facing new pressure from the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the o...
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Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...
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Iran's communication blackout is "more serious" than ever before. Restrictions may last beyond the current protests, according to one expert....
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Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...
Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...
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Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution...