Post #3118698

2026-04-08 08:35 UTC

@Mehrad@fosstodon.org This is something where cyberspace *might* help in terms of pressuring the media and governments. If you know of websites with petitions, or pressure-your-MEP/MP/member-of-Congress guides or similar, to #OpenTheIranianInternet , add them to this thread. I see lots of Manichean comments on Fedi about the #ceasefire, but very few boosts of comments by Iranians on Fedi, and I haven't seen any calls (apart from yours) for the 99% or so Internet blockade to be lifted.

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@boud@framapiaf.org 2026-04-08 09:03

@Mehrad@fosstodon.org To all my Fedi followers: #OpenTheIranianInternet should be an appeal that should be easy to find strong support for, from everyone except the #IRI/#IRGC . How about at least boosting the hashtag #OpenTheIranianInternet ? Or propose a better hashtag? Maybe an #OkoPress article @rysiek@mstdn.social ?

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@Mehrad@fosstodon.org 2026-04-08 11:19

@boud@framapiaf.org Tbh, I don't know why there is this much resistance in accepting that war didn't cause the internet blackout, war didn't hit internet infrastructure, and war was not the reason internet censorship started in the first place. I've personally lost hope. Among all online people I know, only three (including you) are caring about the situation. I saw more posts about petrol price than human rights. I guess it is what it is, and somehow Gaza is more important for people than Iran or Myanmar.🤷

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