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Most likely they just go to the head of the ISP (I bet there's only one) and say turn the internet off or else.
by immibis 9mo ago
Most likely they just go to the head of the ISP (I bet there's only one) and say turn the internet off or else.
- mywittyname 9mo agoYou assume threats need to be made. One doesn't get to be the head of a business in a country like Iran without being a True Believer.
- ReptileMan 9mo agoI doubt there are many true believers. Most of the top brass are probably driven from sf interest. But loyalty is beyond doubt. At least until the regime is winning
- BurningFrog 9mo agoIt's enough to be a True Obeyer.
- helloaltalt 9mo agoIran is kind of like russia thinking about it. Russia's trying to censor some shit too by having outside ipv4 or something (dont know what its called) blocked and basically made a large intranet But people could still buy vps and make it work somehow So iran and russia are similar in that sense and this kinda puts things more into balance but I am sure that % of true believers/doing for self interest might vary or something
- thesdev 9mo agoYep, everything connecting to the Internet goes through the TIC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication_Infrastructure_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication_Infrastructu...
- breppp 9mo agoMinistry of Information is a name with a certain feel
- zamadatix 9mo agoI probably spent far too much time looking into why they'd set themselves up with that kind of name... but it just nerd sniped me too hard to pass up. Translation tools claim (I don't know enough to verify) a literal translation is "Ministry of Communications and Information Technology". I.e. they handle telecoms & IT, or "communications technology and information technology" if fully expanded. But why bother switching it around to "Ministry of Information and Communications Technology" then? Apparently because that's what the order we call it in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications... which surprised me because I didn't even know that was a term and I've only ever worked in the IT and telecoms jobs - WHTMA (We Have Too Many Acronyms).
- deepriverfish 9mo agothey don't need to say the or else part since they control the whole country including the ISP.