European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/european-union-grants-us-request-to-restrict-satellite-images-of-iran-war-region/

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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 23d (3 replies)

It's odd because don't see how a day of delay would help conceal information people use to protest the war. If they stopped publishing images of the region altogether, that'd make sense for the Trump regime's goals. A mere day of delay though.. Just makes them and the European admin who complied look bad.

marcos@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 23d (1 reply)

Adding day of delay is a valid military request that countries can have an agreement about.

Completely censoring the information is an anti-democratic request that a wannabe dictator would make and thus would be a scandal to include in an international agreement.

I can't see the point of Trump's policy either. But I stopped trying to search for those a while ago, it's probably some dumb person doing the only thing they can to make Trump happy and not caring about what it really achieves.

ms_lane@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d

Iran likely has imagery from China's satellites, so delaying it is still moot.

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 23d

A day delay is still long enough for Trump and co to get their insider market trades filed before events disseminate to the public.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 22d (2 replies)

Okay, there are countries outside of this jurisdiction that provide good satellite imagery. Trying to hide the images is not going to work and only underscores the fact that the west is losing the war.

Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 22d (1 reply)

The "west" is not fighting the war, the U.S. and Israel are.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 22d

Israel is being propped up financially and provided weaponry by many nations. Western nations. Ultimately this is not about “nations”. The western aristocracy comprised of the wealthiest among them are bent on global “full spectrum dominance”. The multipolar world is emerging, new economic alliances like BRICS and ASEAN, new trade routes like Silk Road 2.0 which bypass maritime trade…The western aristocracy will kill every living thing on this planet to stop it.

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d

They want to Gaza Iran