03:55 pm
One More Thought on Iran’s Twitterevolution
Churchill once said that war planners always do an excellent job of preparing for the previous war. Similarly, authoritarians do an excellent job of shutting down the last revolution’s technology. Iranian authorities were ready to shut down satellite TV, email, even access to certain websites. But they forgot about Twitter, which not only is chronicling the revolution, but also is providing real time information on proxies Iranians can use as the government belatedly tries to block access.
Some are arguing that proxies shouldn’t be shared on the #iranelection tag since the government will just block them. But if they aren’t shared, how will people know what to use?
It’s become a cat and mouse game. The government blocks access to proxies, new proxies are created, they’re shared, and then the government shuts them down.