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After the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, they restricted women’s access to jobs and barred girls over the age of 12 from getting an education. Now, with an internet blackout in the country, women there have lost their last source for learning. @BBCNews has more.
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#Taliban #Afghanistan #WomensRights #Education #Internet #Blackout

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shut down internet

For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

Flipboard News Desk

@NewsDesk@flipboard.social · 5 days ago

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shut down internet

For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

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Farhad

@faab64@freefree.ps · 2 weeks ago

Gaza City is now under a total #internet #blackout.

Israel has cut all connections as yet another tool to push residents out and murder with no coverage.

Only those with eSIMs can manage very limited access.

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #CeasefireNow
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@palestine@fedibird.com

ISRAEL BOMBED GAZA'S NETWORKS
TELECOMMUNICATION
INTERNET AND COMMUNICATION IS DOWN — ISRAEL BOMBED GAZA'S NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNET AND COMMUNICATION IS DOWN

Farhad

@faab64@freefree.ps · 2 weeks ago

Gaza City is now under a total #internet #blackout.

Israel has cut all connections as yet another tool to push residents out and murder with no coverage.

Only those with eSIMs can manage very limited access.

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #CeasefireNow
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@palestine@fedibird.com

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 months ago

Upon #Musk’s order, #Ukraine troops suddenly faced a #communications #blackout, acc/to a Ukrainian military official, an advisor to the armed forces, & 2 others who experienced #Starlink failure near the front lines. Soldiers panicked, drones surveilling #Russia forces went dark, & long-range artillery units, reliant on Starlink to aim their fire, struggled to hit targets.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 months ago

“We have to do this,” Michael Nicolls, the #Starlink engineer, told colleagues upon receiving the order from #Musk, one of these people said. Staffers complied, the 3 people told Reuters, deactivating at least a hundred Starlink terminals, their hexagon-shaped cells going dark on an internal map of the company’s coverage. The move also affected other areas seized by #Russia, including some of #Donetsk province further east.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 months ago

#power #corruption #oligarchy

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Jiří Eischmann

@sesivany@social.vivaldi.net · 3 months ago

#Czechia experienced a major #blackout today, and the fake news scene was full of references to the #GreenDeal and ecocommunism. Eventually, two competing (and contradicting) theories emerged:

1) the grid went down because too much power from German wind farms was going to it.
2) the grid went down because it wasn't windy in Germany and too much of our energy was going there.

In the end, it turned out that the blackout was caused by a downed wire on the main power line. But who cares about the truth these days? 🤷‍♂️

Jiří Eischmann

@sesivany@social.vivaldi.net · 3 months ago

#Czechia experienced a major #blackout today, and the fake news scene was full of references to the #GreenDeal and ecocommunism. Eventually, two competing (and contradicting) theories emerged:

1) the grid went down because too much power from German wind farms was going to it.
2) the grid went down because it wasn't windy in Germany and too much of our energy was going there.

In the end, it turned out that the blackout was caused by a downed wire on the main power line. But who cares about the truth these days? 🤷‍♂️