After Tehran restricted internet access to curb widespread protests, the Biden administration and Elon Musk’s SpaceX both said they would help protestors stay online.
But that promise has been hard to execute on, leaving demonstrators struggling to keep their messages private from the government while getting the word out to the rest of the world.
Middle East correspondent David S. Cloud joins host Zoe Thomas to explain.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iranian-protesters-struggle-to-activate-starlink-and-circumvent-internet-restrictions-11664798819?st=6cn4nqst9ch8179&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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