Computers and the Internet – War Watch

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Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes
ByParin Behrooz March 18, 2026

As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.

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Communications and Media Blackouts | Computers and the Internet | Freedom of the Press | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Mobile Applications | Tehran (Iran) | United States | United States International Relations | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes
ByParin Behrooz March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

As the war has stretched into its third week, the Iranian government has blocked internet access for most of its 92 million citizens.

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Amazon.com Inc | Artificial Intelligence | Bahrain | Cloud computing | Computers and the Internet | Data Centers | Enterprise Computing | Foreign Investments | Google Inc | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Microsoft Corp | Persian Gulf | Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | United States International Relations | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets.
ByAdam Satariano and Paul Mozur March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Amazon, Google and others struck deals in the Persian Gulf to foot the bill for A.I. development. Iran has now threatened attacks against the companies’ infrastructure in the region.

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Artificial Intelligence | Computers and the Internet | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Rumors and Misinformation | Social Media | Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming

False and outdated videos circulated online after the Iran strikes.
ByStuart A. Thompson February 28, 2026

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Banking and Financial Institutions | Binance | Computers and the Internet | Embargoes and Sanctions | internal-open-access-from-nl | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Money Laundering | Terrorism | United States International Relations | United States Politics and Government | Virtual Currency | Zhao, Changpeng

Binance Employees Find $1.7 Billion in Crypto Was Sent to Iranian Entities
ByDavid Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Binance pledged to crack down on crime. But internal investigators at the world’s largest crypto exchange continued to find evidence of potential legal violations on the platform.

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Cellular Telephones | Censorship | Citizen Lab | Communications and Media Blackouts | Computers and the Internet | Demonstrations, Protests and Riots | Facial Recognition Software | Holistic Resilience (Org) | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | Infrastructure (Public Works) | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Isfahan (Iran) | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Miaan (Org) | Mobile Applications | Politics and Government | Starlink Satellite Constellation (SpaceX) | Surveillance of Citizens by Government | Telephones and Telecommunications | Text Messaging | Wireless Communications | ZTE Corp

Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters
ByAdam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Farnaz Fassihi February 13, 2026

As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.

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Amid Two-Week Internet Blackout, Some Iranians Are Getting Back Online
ByErika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi January 25, 2026

Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.

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Trump Urges Antigovernment Protesters in Iran to ‘Take Over’
ByAbdi Latif Dahir and Leily Nikounazar January 13, 2026January 13, 2026

“HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” President Trump said on social media. He has threatened to intervene militarily on behalf of the protesters if Iran uses lethal force.

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Communications and Media Blackouts | Computers and the Internet | Demonstrations, Protests and Riots | internal-open-access-from-nl | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Power Failures and Blackouts | Surveillance of Citizens by Government

Iran Is Cut Off From Internet as Protests Calling for Regime Change Intensify
ByFarnaz Fassihi, Pranav Baskar and Sanam Mahoozi January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

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.”

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Communications and Media Blackouts | Computers and the Internet | internal-open-access-from-nl | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Power Failures and Blackouts | Surveillance of Citizens by Government

Iran Is Cut Off From the Internet as Protests Intensify
ByPranav Baskar and Sanam Mahoozi January 8, 2026

Internet connectivity data collected on Thursday showed that the country went almost completely offline, as the government cracks down on protesters.

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