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Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases (arstechnica.com)
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Planet Labs, one of the world’s leading commercial satellite imaging companies, said Friday it is placing a hold on releasing imagery of some parts of the Middle East as a regional war enters its second week.

Planet wants to prevent "adversarial actors" from using images for "Battle Damage Assessment" purposes.

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[-] nlgranger@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The article says images over Iran are still available without delay. It's the regions around around that are affected. I assume it is to hide the effectiveness of Iran retaliation to Iran or to public opinion.

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