The Revolution Will Be Twittered

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

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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