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There must be so much video footage from smartphones during the demonstations that show gruesome killings and masacres, the iranian elites have to make sure thi

There must be so much video footage from smartphones during the demonstations that show gruesome killings and masacres, the iranian elites have to make sure this footage never sees the rest of the world. They have to ban the internet forever.

dist-epoch 9mo ago
Nah, just for a year or so, after they will say all the footage is "AI generated".
- RandyOrion 9mo ago
  Sadly, this already happens in China. After many years of heavy censorship on 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, there are a lot of accounts on Chinese BBS who say all the footage "AI generated".
randomNumber7 9mo ago
They likely try to find and remove a lot of these videos (and their owners) before turning on the internet.
- littlecranky67 9mo ago
  From the phones, computers, usb sticks and SD cards of millions of people?
  - danparsonson 9mo ago
    They certainly wouldn't be the first regime to violently suppress millions of its own people.
- tsss 9mo ago
  They don't have to. In two weeks nobody will (pretend to) care anymore.
dominicrose 9mo ago
I don't want to believe that a government so incompetent, corrupt and cruel can continue to function. I don't trust that the rest of the world will help militarily although it's a strong possibility, but I do trust that they will continue to isolate the country. It's possible that the regime will implode simply because there is no honor among thieves.
- fatherwavelet 9mo ago
  Unfortunately, they are extremely competent at holding on to power. Inflation has been oscillating between 20% and 50% since 2019 yet here we are. It is hard to over throw the people who have all the guns. I am usually pretty isolationist in my thinking but I really wish the US would have already invaded. Millions of young Persians who are absolutely no different than you or I. It is now or never. If the regime can put down this uprising it is going to be hard to form another uprising for a long long time.

dist-epoch 9mo ago

Nah, just for a year or so, after they will say all the footage is "AI generated".

RandyOrion 9mo ago
Sadly, this already happens in China. After many years of heavy censorship on 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, there are a lot of accounts on Chinese BBS who say all the footage "AI generated".

randomNumber7 9mo ago

They likely try to find and remove a lot of these videos (and their owners) before turning on the internet.

littlecranky67 9mo ago
From the phones, computers, usb sticks and SD cards of millions of people?
- danparsonson 9mo ago
  They certainly wouldn't be the first regime to violently suppress millions of its own people.
tsss 9mo ago
They don't have to. In two weeks nobody will (pretend to) care anymore.

dominicrose 9mo ago

I don't want to believe that a government so incompetent, corrupt and cruel can continue to function. I don't trust that the rest of the world will help militarily although it's a strong possibility, but I do trust that they will continue to isolate the country. It's possible that the regime will implode simply because there is no honor among thieves.

fatherwavelet 9mo ago
Unfortunately, they are extremely competent at holding on to power. Inflation has been oscillating between 20% and 50% since 2019 yet here we are. It is hard to over throw the people who have all the guns. I am usually pretty isolationist in my thinking but I really wish the US would have already invaded. Millions of young Persians who are absolutely no different than you or I. It is now or never. If the regime can put down this uprising it is going to be hard to form another uprising for a long long time.