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Elon Musk greenlit to activate Starlink internet for Iranians

An Iranian woman living in Turkey reacts in Istanbul during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini [File: Murad Sezer/Reuters]

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been given the green light by the United States government to activate the satellite internet service Starlink to help Iranians protesting against the death of a woman in police custody.

Access to social media and some content is tightly restricted in Iran and significant internet outages were reported across the country on Saturday, with one of the biggest mobile phone operators disrupted, leaving millions of Iranians offline.

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