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Internet
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Internet
us free. It is not an isolated fact, not a biased opinion of this writer, is a fact substantiated. With access to a private space and modifiable, so be it virtual as blogs or Twitter accounts and Facebook , to expand his everyday life, ideas and opinions of those living under oppressive regimes.
Within this new scheme, in which anyone can become a free web space with only internet access and a computer, citizen journalism a long time ago stopped being an abstraction and began to be a new way to learn what happens. Just
was a year that most avatars Twitter users were tinted green. The reason?: Green was the color of the Iranian opposition candidate Hossein Moussavi, who was defeated fraudulently in the presidential elections of 12 July. Following the outcome, his supporters staged massive protests in Tehran showing the world their motto: "Where is my vote?" ("Where's my vote.")
In a nation with serious censorship controls and restrictions on freedom of speech as Iran, the call to march could not have done as in Venezuela, where political leaders have, for now, places where protests calling . In Iran, Twitter was the channel for spreading the message, and thousands of people flooded the streets and avenues asking for their votes lost.
Thanks to the multitude of ways to access Twitter (the mobile web, text messaging and programs like TweetDeck), attempts by the Iranian government to cease all communications were unsuccessful. After learning that the servers operated by the state had blocked access to Twitter via the web, hundreds of computer experts Austin Heap fitted out as proxies, remote connections to the Internet, for communication in the protests would continue.
All these, while Tehran burned, went on CNN repetitions of the interview that Larry King was one of the stars of reality show American Chopper . The hashtag # CNNFail (Fault CNN) climbed to the top 10 hot topics on Twitter, while # iranelection ranged between the first and third place for at least a couple of weeks.
was by this route was known what was happening. Links to photos, videos, live broadcasts, data of the protests, blog entries, there was a flow of important information that otherwise would not have been consolidated. Although Ahmadinejad remained in power, the turbulent weeks were a clear warning: thanks to Twitter, the masses own the power 2.0.
Within this new scheme, in which anyone can become a free web space with only internet access and a computer, citizen journalism a long time ago stopped being an abstraction and began to be a new way to learn what happens. Just
was a year that most avatars Twitter users were tinted green. The reason?: Green was the color of the Iranian opposition candidate Hossein Moussavi, who was defeated
In a nation with serious censorship controls and restrictions on freedom of speech as Iran, the call to march could not have done as in Venezuela, where political leaders have, for now, places where protests calling . In Iran, Twitter was the channel for spreading the message, and thousands of people flooded the streets and avenues asking for their votes lost.
Thanks to the multitude of ways to access Twitter (the mobile web, text messaging and programs like TweetDeck), attempts by the Iranian government to cease all communications were unsuccessful. After learning that the servers operated by the state had blocked access to Twitter via the web, hundreds of computer experts Austin Heap fitted out as proxies, remote connections to the Internet, for communication in the protests would continue.
All these, while Tehran burned, went on CNN repetitions of the interview that Larry King was one of the stars of reality show American Chopper . The hashtag # CNNFail (Fault CNN) climbed to the top 10 hot topics on Twitter, while # iranelection ranged between the first and third place for at least a couple of weeks.
was by this route was known what was happening. Links to photos, videos, live broadcasts, data of the protests, blog entries, there was a flow of important information that otherwise would not have been consolidated. Although Ahmadinejad remained in power, the turbulent weeks were a clear warning: thanks to Twitter, the masses own the power 2.0.
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