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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    4 hours ago

    Not completely pointless until Russia starts providing the intel to news organizations.

    This isn’t about keeping Iran from seeing the damage, it’s to keep the public from seeing it.