Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases (arstechnica.com) 16 points by krtkush 6mo ago ↗ HN
[–] kashunstva 6mo ago ↗ If I’m reading the article correctly, imagery over Iran is available to clients; but that of U.S. assets is not. Seemingly this is explained by:> Planet also holds lucrative contracts selling overhead imagery to the US military and US government intelligence agencies.Nice company you got there. ‘Be a shame if you lost those U.S. government contracts.
[–] wutwutwat 6mo ago ↗ This is a private company so I'd imagine we can't label this as censorship, but are there any public funded image sats floating around us that expose unrestricted access to its entire flight path?
[–] hulitu 6mo ago ↗ Propaganda is always good when _we_ do it. When the others are doing it, it is bad.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 22.3 ms ] thread> Planet also holds lucrative contracts selling overhead imagery to the US military and US government intelligence agencies.
Nice company you got there. ‘Be a shame if you lost those U.S. government contracts.