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There’s an app for that – Iranians monitor air strikes with crowdsourced data

Iranian citizens are trying to keep themselves safe during the war with the U.S. with a crowdsourced iOS app, but most users are located outside of Iran’s borders, out of direct danger.

Dark-themed Mahsa Alert dashboard showing Middle East map covered with colorful pins for attacks, evacuations, danger zones, and military sites, plus side panel filters and top navigation controls
Mahsa Alert viewed in a browser

Warning citizens about airstrikes and troop maneuvers are critical during a war. However, sometimes that information isn’t being passed out by authorities to the public, simply because there’s no system to do that in the first place.

With no official warning system for incoming airstrikes in Iran, its citizens are fixing the problem for themselves.

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