{"id":22067,"date":"2026-02-21T10:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/the-splinternet-how-online-shutdowns-are-getting-cheaper-and-easier-to-impose\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:37:18","slug":"the-splinternet-how-online-shutdowns-are-getting-cheaper-and-easier-to-impose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/the-splinternet-how-online-shutdowns-are-getting-cheaper-and-easier-to-impose\/","title":{"rendered":"The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it<\/p>\n<p>During the height of Iran\u2019s blackout in January, people could still access a platform that, in some senses, was like the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Iranians could message family members on a government-monitored app and watch clips of Manchester United on a Farsi-language video-sharing site. They could read state news and use a local navigation service.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/21\/splinternet-online-shutdowns-are-getting-cheaper-and-easier-to-impose-iran-blackout\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8cf735a669ab200b6e77f45ee78cdd576832979c\/928_41_3558_2847\/master\/3558.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=68ea6eaad6695de5f94e5e478f2b17e5\" title=\"The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose\" \/>Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it<br \/>\nDuring the height of Iran\u2019s blackout in January, people could still access a platform that, in some senses, was like the internet.<br \/>\nIranians could message family members on a government-monitored app and watch clips of Manchester United on a Farsi-language video-sharing site. They could read state news and use a local navigation service. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it During the height of Iran\u2019s blackout in January, people could still access a platform that, in some senses, was like the internet. Iranians could message family members on a government-monitored app and watch clips of Manchester United &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/the-splinternet-how-online-shutdowns-are-getting-cheaper-and-easier-to-impose\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}