Iran Reconnects to the Internet After 88 Days in Digital Darkness

AI Summary

After an 88-day internet blackout, Iranians regained access to a heavily filtered and state-controlled network amid ongoing geopolitical conflict involving the United States and Israel. The shutdown followed war outbreak, leaving millions isolated.

For 88 days, millions of Iranians lived in digital darkness after the authorities imposed a nationwide Internet shutdown following the outbreak of war with the United States and Israel. But the end of one of the world’s longest-ever Internet blackouts offered scant consolation for many Iranians who reconnected to the same heavily filtered and state-controlled network after nearly three months. Still, some Iranians were relieved to escape the near-complete isolation forced on the Middle Eastern country of some 90 million people. “The…