The Revolution Will Be Twittered

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Shahar Golan · retweet comment

Mock not. As the regime shut down other forms of communication, Twitter survived. With some remarkable results. Those rooftop chants that were becoming deafening in Tehran? A few hours ago, this concept of resistance was spread by a twitter message. Here’s the Twitter from a Moussavi supporter:

Tweet: ALL internet & mobile networks are cut. We ask everyone in Tehran to go onto their rooftops and shout ALAHO AKBAR in protest #IranElection - June 13, 2009

Read the rest of this short, yet very important article by Andrew Sullivan here.

H/T Lisa Goldman.

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