And the Oracle live status report webpage says everything is online, and there are no active incidents in Dubai. The history page reports no incidents in Dubai since the start of the conflict.
As an example of fake claims, Iran claimed to have struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with hypersonic missiles three times already. But the ship is still sailing and launching sorties. They then post AI generated pictures and videos as 'evidence' that the strikes were successful.
spwa4•48m ago
It's also a warcrime, of course. I wonder if, if they lied, is it still a warcrime? I would expect it is.
I guess we'll see what the consequences are to warcrimes. Massive worldwide demonstrations in favor of the people committing warcrimes, like usually?
cogman10•42m ago
What motivation would Iran have to not commit war crimes?
It's not as if the US and Israel are restraining themselves from committing war crimes. Certainly the UN isn't going to step in and do anything.
This war started with the US committing a war crime (blowing up a girl's school).
reddozen•15m ago
...what? What does the UN have to do with war crimes lol. And why would the US care about war crimes we literally aren't signatory to the Rome statute. how could your comment get so many things wrong in so little text.
sthkr•40m ago
Datacenters aren't categorized for warcrimes. Desalination plants, water treatment plants, power plants, etc. would be highly significant for millions of the population.
whynotmaybe•40m ago
Outside of the countries involved, Is it really a war crime though?
If Oracle's providing services to your enemy's army aren't they a "legitimate" target just like a tank factory?
abought•42m ago
So it's down to a contest of whether to trust the government of Iran, or a cloud vendor status page?
Maybe we can check something hosted in Oracle Cloud as the tiebreaker?
tristanj•37m ago
No, most likely Iran actually launched missiles targeted at the Oracle datacenter, but they were intercepted. The UAE successfully intercepts about 90% of incoming Iranian drones and missiles.
Then they then claim the attack was successful for domestic propaganda purposes, and since there is no internet in Iran, nobody can verify if it was actually successful.
michaelt•2m ago
> The Dubai government denies this strike happened
In the UAE it's illegal to talk about the strikes, or post videos of them online. $55,000+ fine and 2+ years in prison. Over 100 people have already been arrested.
When the two different governments said contradictory things, in other situations a journalist would arrange for a local correspondent to head over to the Oracle building and see if it's visibly damaged, maybe get some photos.
tristanj•58m ago
The Dubai government denies this strike happened https://gulfnews.com/uae/dubai-denies-reports-of-an-irgc-att...
And the Oracle live status report webpage says everything is online, and there are no active incidents in Dubai. The history page reports no incidents in Dubai since the start of the conflict.
https://ocistatus.oraclecloud.com/#/
As an example of fake claims, Iran claimed to have struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with hypersonic missiles three times already. But the ship is still sailing and launching sorties. They then post AI generated pictures and videos as 'evidence' that the strikes were successful.
spwa4•48m ago
I guess we'll see what the consequences are to warcrimes. Massive worldwide demonstrations in favor of the people committing warcrimes, like usually?
cogman10•42m ago
It's not as if the US and Israel are restraining themselves from committing war crimes. Certainly the UN isn't going to step in and do anything.
This war started with the US committing a war crime (blowing up a girl's school).
reddozen•15m ago
sthkr•40m ago
whynotmaybe•40m ago
If Oracle's providing services to your enemy's army aren't they a "legitimate" target just like a tank factory?
abought•42m ago
Maybe we can check something hosted in Oracle Cloud as the tiebreaker?
tristanj•37m ago
Then they then claim the attack was successful for domestic propaganda purposes, and since there is no internet in Iran, nobody can verify if it was actually successful.
michaelt•2m ago
In the UAE it's illegal to talk about the strikes, or post videos of them online. $55,000+ fine and 2+ years in prison. Over 100 people have already been arrested.
When the two different governments said contradictory things, in other situations a journalist would arrange for a local correspondent to head over to the Oracle building and see if it's visibly damaged, maybe get some photos.