Amanda Meng
Social scientist at Georgia Tech involved with the IOTA (Internet Outage Detection Analysis) project, researching and reporting on internet connectivity and outages.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 13min
Iran offline: How a government can turn off the internet
Alberto Dainotti, a computer scientist who studies internet infrastructure, explains how networks, routers and centralized systems allow a government to cut connectivity. Amanda Meng, a social scientist with IOTA, discusses monitoring outages and how measurement reveals changes like selective whitelisting and satellite workarounds. Multiple short conversations explore detection methods, evolving shutdown tactics, and real-world harms.
