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Iran and Twitter on Fire

by Drima on June 17, 2009

The drama continues unabated in Iran, and Twitter has now become an active battleground apparently getting infiltrated even by the Iranian security apparatus.

To get a sense of what’s happening, watch this video.

To understand how Twitter and new media are such a central part of the psychological warfare getting waged by both sides, read this and watch this video.

More on leveraging Twitter to help Iranian activists here.

Yay to cyberwar.



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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Aaron Stewart 06.17.09 at 3:03 pm

It has been nice to see social media being used for something as inspiring as the protests in Iran rather than the usual ‘just got out of bed/drinking a cup of coffee/guess what just happened’ asinine-ness that I usually associate with Twitter and Facebook.

2 Andrew Brehm 06.17.09 at 4:21 pm

rather than the usual ‘just got out of bed/drinking a cup of coffee/guess what just happened’ asinine-ness that I usually associate with Twitter and Facebook.

What??? Someone got out of bed and had a cup of coffee? Must read updates now!

3 Suzanne 06.19.09 at 11:07 am

I actually started to like twitter due to this iranian revolt.

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