Iran: Protests and Repression

Although Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are currently blocked in Iran, many Iranians have been using proxies to bypass filters and report up-to-the-minute news. Iranian authorities have also blocked SMS text messages, and are also filtering several news websites reflecting reformist opinions. Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Subjects: World, U.S., Media
Topics: Human Rights, Middle East, Iran, Foreign Policy, Social Networks, Democracy In the Middle East
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 15, 2009 - 11:04 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jun 15, 2009 - 11:04 PM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
3.7
by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 16, 2009

An excellent complement to the straight news coverage on the protests. GlobalVoices packages information from the social networks in a way that the mainstream press won't. Not wholly informative or well contextualized, but I think essential given the way things have unfolded in Iran.

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Fabrice Florin
3.6
by Fabrice Florin - Jun. 16, 2009

Informative roundup of social media reports about Iranian protests, with links and excerpts from Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. This is citizen journalism in action, raw and largely unfiltered, without a lot of verification. But a picture is starting to emerge from this stream of anonymous tweets and citizen reports, which effectively complements mainstream media coverage, provided one exercises caution to not take all reports as true. (see link)

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Kaizar Campwala
3.7
by Kaizar Campwala - Jun. 16, 2009

Successfully curated citizen journalism gives the reader a unique perspective on the experience of protesters in Iran. Could have done a better job of contextualizing who the protesters are, and what percentage of the Iranian public they represent.

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  • Twittering the uprising?

    (Blog Post) or two days I have stayed closely across Twitter's "coverage" of events in Iran. Twitter has had such a strong write up after previous breaking news stories, I thought I'd ...
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