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Iran Blocks Facebook Prior to Upcoming Presidential Election
Written by Doug Coleman / May 23, 2009 11:14 AM / 11 Comments

There are reports today that Iran has blocked Facebook, apparently to "prevent supporters of the leading opposition candidate from using the site for his campaign". Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has

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Iran's Mobile SMS Up & Running; Will Twitter Start to Lose the Green Hues?
Written by Jolie O'Dell / July 2, 2009 3:08 PM / 8 Comments

According to a report today from the BBC, Iranians are able to text message one another for the first time since the day before the presidential elections. SMS service, which

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Cartoon: Tweet Liberty
Written by Rob Cottingham / June 22, 2009 9:28 AM / 3 Comments

The aftermath of Iran's election last week was startling. From the eyebrow-raising lopsided vote tally, to the surge of protesters into the streets, to the pivotal role of tools like

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Iran Parliament to Debate Death Penalty for Bloggers
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 4, 2008 3:52 PM / 67 Comments

The Iranian parliament is set to debate a draft bill that would add a number of crimes to the list of those that can result in execution, among them "establishing

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US State Dept. Helping Twitter Stay Up For Iranians
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 16, 2009 11:49 AM / 10 Comments

With Twitter and Facebook playing such an important roll in getting information out of Iran this week, the last thing the world needs is an appearance of The Fail Whale.

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In Soviet Russia (or Iran), Multi-Language Chat App Simultaneously Translates YOU
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 19, 2009 2:48 PM / 20 Comments

Yesterday, Google Translate announced the addition of Persian into their roster of supported languages in order to facilitate online communication within and from Iran. Now, at least one team -

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Iran: A Nation of Bloggers
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 3, 2009 5:51 PM / 12 Comments

Millions of young bloggers are challenging the conservative government of Iran, at great personal risk. The following "infographic" video from the Vancouver Film School tells this story powerfully in just

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Twitter Postpones Maintenance as Iran Furor Builds
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 15, 2009 9:35 PM / 13 Comments

The Twitter firehose is glutted with retweets, hashtags, and information of every possible bias and contradition surrounding one topic: The recent election in Iran and supposed fraud in tallying votes

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Facebook Does Too Little, Too Late With A Persian Version for Iranians
Written by Steven Walling / June 18, 2009 10:30 PM / 5 Comments

As of tonight, Facebook has launched a new beta version of the site in Persian, in order to further enable the flood of news that has poured out of Iran

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Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 13, 2009 11:46 PM / 74 Comments

Note: This post was written at midnight PST last night, at which point CNN.com was hours behind much of the rest of online media in prioritizing the big news in

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