Satellite firm Planet Labs to indefinitely withhold Iran war images

    https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/satellite-firm-planet-labs-indefinitely-withhold-iran-war-images-2026-04-05/

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    1. tldr: WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold ‌visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East to comply with a request from the U.S. government.

      California-based Planet Labs  announced the decision in an email to customers and said the U.S. government had asked all satellite imagery providers to indefinitely ​withhold images of the conflict region.

    2. EmotionalLecture9318 on

      Not investments related but man I bet Uncle Sam is gonna really drop a bombs

    3. They don’t want us to see all our bases being hit despite weeks of claiming every offense and defense of Iran had been neutralized.

    4. Isn’t this just like censorship? That kind we all mocked China for for years?

      We can’t see shit going on from Israel, the US media lies and obfuscates on behalf of the billionaires that own the media companies. The internet hasn’t made information more accessible.

      Why are we not seeing minute-to-minute updates of this war if every device on earth has a camera + streaming capability now?! Feel like we are in 1962 and the media is covering for JFK and Marilyn, but with bombs and trillions of dollars.

    5. So are there any Chinese or European satellite imagery services we can check?

    6. It’s weird that the government of the people is acting a firm to withhold information to those same people.

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