neteffect.foreignpolicy.com - 6/16/2009
—
So back to cyber-protests in Tehran! One of the most discussed online
initiatives of the last 24 hours has been a campaign to change users'
Twitter location to Tehran. This has been done in order to confuse
the authorities about the real users tweeting from Tehran and thus
make it safer ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 6/21/2009
nytimes.com - 6/16/2009
—
nytimes.com —
TEHRAN Tehran braced for a possible third
day of defiance by opposition supporters on Wednesday after...
Iran ’s leaders failed to halt huge demonstrations against last week’s disputed election results. Placed on the defensive by the biggest ...
(more)
Bracing for New Protests, Iran Issues Media Warning
lafiga.firedoglake.com - 6/21/2009
—
lafiga.firedoglake.com —
The global community has been galvanized by the
tweets, Facebook logins, cellphone pictures, and reports from Iran....
Now comes this video of a young a woman shot in Tehran by Basiji police force, which I came across after seeing "neda" ...
(more)
Tehran Protests: Her Name Was Neda (Warning: Extremely ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
The Twitter revolution debate: a summary
The Monkey Cage —
... messaage to supporters. In other words, had Iranian authorities not interruped mobile services and the like when they had, Monday’s demonstration might have fizzled out. One wonders if the same dynamic will play out today. … Which, again, is not to diss Twitter. It’s merely to suggest that life is a bit more complex than simple memes of “this new information technology is supplanting all prior forms of information technology!”
Evgeny Morozov:
When you’ve got real riots in the street, ...
Twitter Revolution Buzz Pushback
The Moderate Voice —
... One of the sharper Twitter critics I’ve read this week is Evgeny Morozov, who, writing in Slate’s sister site ForeignPolicy.com yesterday, posed the heretical notion that tracking or blocking the tweets and blog postings by in-country Iranian protesters just might not be the regime’s top priority. ...
Related Content
Tehran 24
tehranlive.org 6/3/2009 — Tehran, City Center, 2009/6/13 Demonstrations in Tehran after election results. More photos + P.S: Thank you so much for warm and kind comments from arround the world. Unfortunately i can’t answer all comments and kindness, but i want all people ...
June 21, 2009 Tehran (video)
youtube.com 6/21/2009 — Video from street protests in Iran, a real show of force on the second day after the supreme leader demanded an end to all demonstrations
Whither Twitter?
drezner.foreignpolicy.com 6/16/2009 — Events in Iran have led to a lot of talk about how this is a Twitter revolution , and that Twitter has been the go-to source on real-time developments in Iran . Stepping onto FP's Evgeny Morozov's turf , however, I have to wonder we're ...
New Protests Erupt In Tehran
cristyli.com 7/17/2009 — Via Haaretz
New protests have erupted in Iran subsequent to a Top Cleric’s Friday night sermon.
Related Posts & Videos:
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rally at Tehran University for prayer service, police fire tear gas at ...
Twittering from Tehran
politico.com 6/14/2009 — I'm not always a Twitter evangelist, but there is just a whole lot more there right now on the riveting Iran story than there is in a shockingly vacant night on American television. (On CNN right now: A re-run of Larry King's interview with the ...
Updates from Tehran
thespiritofman.blogspot.com 6/17/2009 — Just talked to a pro-Mousavi contact in Tehran. He had several points I am going to list here: 1 - There are two group of protesters a) Tech savvy angry youths (14-21) who are very angry with the regime looking for headaches and want to fight the ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
