The terrible images of the last moments of Iranian Neda Soltan after she was shot, apparently by a state assassin, once again shows the power of social media to bring political events to the attention of millions. Within hours of her death, Neda became a martyr to the protest movement in Iran. She has...
Wild claims are being made that Israel is harnessing Twitter to bring down the Iranian regime as evidence also emerges of fake accounts being used by Iranian hardliners to spread disinformation. Yep, it’s a Twitter war. First the revolution and now the war. There are reports on some websites that Israel...
On Wired.com, Andrew Exum is wondering all about Iran and the explosive use of social media to organise, agitate and protest in Iran. He's wondering how real it all is? And if it is the technological enabled few rather than the digitally deprived masses. He wrote: "Are we simply finding common...
