Iran uses military jamming to block Starlink, tightening grip on internet access amid
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Key Points:
- Iran has escalated its crackdown on civil unrest by deploying military-grade jamming to disrupt Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service, marking a new level of digital censorship beyond traditional internet blackouts.
- Despite the illegal status of Starlink in Iran, tens of thousands of terminals have been smuggled into the country, but recent jamming efforts have caused connectivity to drop by over 80%, severely limiting access.
- The Iranian regime has been jamming GPS signals since June, targeting specific protest areas, resulting in a fragmented map of connectivity with some zones still online while others, including key symbolic locations, experience near-total service loss.
- Experts describe the scale and intensity of the disruption as unprecedented, with network data confirming a sharp
