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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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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Satellite services are pretty amenable to hiding sensitive parts of the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_satellite_map_images_with_missing_or_unclear_data?wprov=sfla1

It seems totally on-brand for the US government to request that bits of the war zone be hidden, and it's entirely on brand for satellite companies to hide them.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it's normal to ask for a warzone - but this isn't a war of course.

[–] NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The US government: "It's just a special military operation, absolutely not a war. Hmmm? Department of War, no no it's always been Department of Defense".

Meanwhile, Trump: "The war..."

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Congress voted it's not war, doesn't require war powers, so yeah anyone or private business treating this as a warzone is in the wrong. Except now after they decided that, we're still seeing wartime excuses for gop behavior. Schrodinger's conflict starting world war epstein, staying on brand for 2026.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are they really using the same terminology as Putin?