Social media gives voice to protesters

Whilst, this is an old new story I feel its message is still very much so relevant.

Recently I posted about hate groups on the internet, and how the internet gives voice to many that are not deserving of one. I feel it is appropriate to follow it up with a discussion on how the internet is giving a voice to those that do not have one.




June 2009 was the month of the Iranian elections, an election that many believed to be corrupted by the current Ahmadinejad government. As a result violent protests occurred and any one that opposed the government was arrested.

Enter Social media networks: To get heard and to highlight their cause to the rest of the world the protesters moved from the streets to the computers and Twitter and Facebook became news portals to the rest of the world.

News sites around the world set up webpages highlighting the protesters Tweets and forwarding their message to the world.

For more articles please see:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31409312/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

http://mashable.com/2009/06/14/new-media-iran/