The Revolution Will Be Tweeted

My website has been attacked by Iran. My servers are melting. But individuals in the opposition are still able to use technology to mobilize each other. And the tech community around the world is still able to support them. Full Story »

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Topics: Iran
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Posted by: Posted by Sandip Roy - Jun 16, 2009 - 2:06 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jun 16, 2009 - 2:46 PM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
2.8
by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 16, 2009

This didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, nor did it do much of a service to the many people using Twitter to coordinate demonstrations in Iran. Mostly adulation, not insight.

The Ayatollah had not read the lessons of Moldova, where protestors used sites like Twitter to organize mass protests in April against the Communist government. More »

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Sandip Roy
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by Sandip Roy - Jun. 16, 2009
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