Iran Govt Fakes Traffic to Mimic Internet Restoration
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einpoklum
1 hour ago
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The title misrepresents the linked post, which says "there are indications of", not "that is a fact".

A commenter on the linked post says that Internet is partially restored and he can chat with a friend in Tehran over WhatsApp. Of course, that's just an anecdote, and I certainly don't know whether the Internet in Iran is partially up or not, but this HN post seems to be mostly clickbait.

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us321
10 minutes ago
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Demanding absolute proof from a country with zero transparency is a tall order; the information vacuum is a feature of these shutdowns, not a bug. Even if we had definitive proof of traffic patterns, the goalposts would just move to: 'How do you know this was a Iran's government action?'

EDIT: government -> Iran's government

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direwolf20
7 minutes ago
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Who else would be able to block and unblock the internet in a country?
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us321
2 minutes ago
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Maybe it is an act of sabotage by Israel/USA to defame Iran?
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ukblewis
1 hour ago
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How sad
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