Communications and Media Blackouts

• Amid Two-Week Internet Blackout, Some Iranians Are Getting Back Online - Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.
• Uganda’s President Museveni Is Declared Election Winner - Bobi Wine, the main opposition candidate, accused the government of vote rigging and has called for street protests.
• How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
• A Timeline of Protests in Iran - Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.
• Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofits Say - Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, organizations that work on tech issues said.
• Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests - Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.
• Iran Is Cut Off From Internet as Protests Calling for Regime Change Intensify - As protests swelled around the country, Iran’s internet was shut down, and the heads of its judiciary and its security services warned of a harsh response amid calls for “freedom, freedom.”