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Commuters wait for their train at a metro station in Iran's capital Tehran on January 24, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 24, 2026, 7:48 pm
Iran’s internet shutdown brings major costs as online businesses severed from world
Over two weeks since regime cut country off from the global internet, Iranian reports are being optimistic that the blackout won’t last much longer, ‘otherwise, it will backfire’
By Ramin Khanizadeh
This picture taken near Sderot along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023, shows smoke plumes billowing following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas. (Yuri Cortez/AFP)
November 1, 2023, 11:29 am
Phone and internet connections in Gaza briefly go dark again as war rages
Paltel company says services ‘completely cut off’; global monitor group reports ‘total loss of telecommunications by most residents’; services gradually restored hours later
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
October 30, 2023, 6:25 pm
Report: Elon Musk speaks to Shin Bet chief on supplying internet to Gaza
X owner reportedly tells Ronen Bar he would only grant Starlink access to recognized aid organizations; Palestinian media: Telephone and internet connectivity gradually returning
By ToI Staff and Agencies
View of a Cellcom store in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2019. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 30, 2023, 2:13 pm
Glitch leaves Netvision customers sans email for 3 days
Problem reportedly caused by a crashed server, affecting Cellcom customers who use Netvision email, with some losing access to internet altogether
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The WhatsApp communications app on a smartphone, (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
January 6, 2023, 7:33 pm
WhatsApp enables users to connect via proxy to outflank repressive regimes
Service debuting feature to help combat internet restrictions
By ToI Staff
Iranian women shout slogans to protest over the death of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 19, 2022, 3:47 pm
Iran to criminalize sale of VPNs used to skirt internet restrictions
Islamic Republic drastically curtailed access to social media platforms as it grapples with protests over the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest for alleged dress code violation
By AFP
Iranian students remove their headscarves in protest after the death of Mahsa Amini who had been detained by the country's morality police, in Tehran, Iran, October 12, 2022. (Twitter)
October 12, 2022, 5:10 pm
Iran experiences ‘major’ disruptions to internet amid new wave of protests
One demonstration in Tehran sees some 30 women remove their headscarves while chanting ‘Death to the dictator!’ as passing cars honk in support
By Jon Gambrell
Screenshots from Orthodox Instagram accounts that announced they would be shutting down after an anti-social media rally in New Jersey in June 2022. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
July 3, 2022, 5:01 am
Orthodox women who built businesses, friendships online are being told to sign off
10 years after an ultra-Orthodox anti-internet rally filled a NY stadium to capacity, ladies are urged to attend similar gatherings pressuring them to give up their smart phones
By Jackie Hajdenberg
An illustrative photo showing the 2021 Digital Quality of Life Index on a mobile phone, September 2021. (Surfshark, CC BY NC SA, 3.0)
September 13, 2021, 4:41 pm
Israel rises to 4th in world for digital quality of life
Annual index ranking 110 countries shows Israel improved its internet quality but remains iffy on infrastructure, electronic government services
By Ricky Ben-David
Iranian protesters gather around a fire during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019. (AFP/ File)
December 25, 2019, 4:36 pm
Iran limits mobile internet access ahead of expected protests
Tehran disrupts international connections day before commemorations for those killed demonstrating over fuel price hike
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019. (AFP)
December 3, 2019, 4:52 pm
Videos from Iran filter online, revealing scope of bloody crackdown
Clips uploaded after Tehran restores internet access show authorities shooting people at close range, destroying property
By Susannah Woods
Iraqi youths push a man with an injured leg on a gurney outside the gate to Umm Qasr hospital in the southern Iraqi port city on November 5, 2019, after security forces attempted to break up crowds blocking the road to the port earlier in the day. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)
November 5, 2019, 7:28 pm
3 protesters killed in fresh clashes as Iraq tries to reopen port
Security forces continue using live ammunition, impose severe limitations on internet access as nationwide demonstrations persist
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Covers of 'Stalag' pornographic comic books from early 1960s Israel (Courtesy: Heymann Films)
November 17, 2016, 4:29 am
When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn
As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics
By Matt Lebovic
Members of the ultra-Orthodox Toldot Aharon community attend a computer and Internet lecture in Ramat Gan, after receiving authorization from their rabbis. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 13, 2016, 1:57 pm
Israel at 68 online: Connected, curious, and a bit apprehensive
Vast majority see the web as an invaluable resource, study finds, although there are some concerns as well
By ToI Staff
An art student from the University of Helwan paints the Facebook logo on a mural commemorating the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak in the Zamalek neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati, File)
December 30, 2015, 9:08 pm
Facebook’s free Internet service in Egypt closes down
Social media giant behind program serving three million people says it hopes to resolve situation ‘soon’
By Brian Rohan
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