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[OCCUPIED] Iranian security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. The more people at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut down Iranians' access to the internet.

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[The Lede] Sunday: Updates on Iran's Turmoil - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com: Fourth, the NED most important activity is to “orient” and “supervise” the local information media and media professionals, suborning it when necessary, in favor of pro-American government candidates and unifying the dairy principals of the newspapers, radio, TV and internet.NED also exists to provide high-tech assistance to the “local friends of the US”, with communications, like with mobile phone message systems, spy microphones, and internet sites, blogs, etc.

[San Francisco Sentinel] San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » IRAN ARRESTS 23 ...: Iran’s authorities have long kept a close eye on local and international media operating in the country, and clamped down as protests engulfed Tehran last week over the June 12 presidential election, the biggest challenge to the cleric-led government in 30 years. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the landslide winner, but supporters of reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi say fraud was widespread.

[San Francisco Examiner Site Feed] World's media seeks ways around Iran clampdown | San Francisco ...: The restrictions on foreign media were imposed after one of the most stunning images of the showdown: hundreds of thousands of marchers pouring through Tehran last Monday to denounce alleged vote rigging in the June 12 elections and to cheer on Mousavi, who his supporters claim was the rightful winner over hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. At least seven protesters were killed in gunfire from a militia compound.

[The Lede] Friday: Updates on Iran's Disputed Election - The Lede Blog ...: While it is easy to get the impression, from following English-language Twitter feeds, that Iranians who are unhappy about the official election results are communicating with each other non-stop through the Web, a source in Iran told The Lede that Twitter may be more important in getting information on events out to the world than as an organizing tool. This source asked 20 people at Thursday’s opposition rally in Tehran how they found out about it and not one of them learned about the rally through Twitter.

[Joe Wilcox] Iran and the Internet Democracy « Joe Wilcox: This week’s turmoil on the streets of Tehran is but a metaphor for another turmoil: How the Internet is tearing down monopolies of power and empowering individuals and smaller groups. The Internet is the new democracy, which can be seen from pictures and videos coming from protests in Iran.

[News: News blog | guardian.co.uk] Iran protests: live - 17 June 2009 | News | guardian.co.uk: "The internet has a very important social function in Iran in comparison to Europe and other countries. We are one of the top 10 world's active blogging communities because of the level of censorship inside the country and now the government is cracking down on the internet as well," he said.

[The Gaea News] Media watchdog says 23 reporters arrested in Iran, 10 missing in ...: Limited recount possible in Iran's disputed voteTEHRAN, Iran ”” Iran's Islamic leadership is prepared to conduct a limited recount of disputed presidential elections, a spokesman said Tuesday, as thousands of people took to the streets to show support for the regime and authorities cracked down on independent media. The announcement comes after Iran's state radio reported earlier Tuesday that seven people were killed during clashes in the Iranian capital the previous day ”” the first official confirmation of deaths linked to the wave of protests and street battles following the disputed election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner.

[Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Media Watchdog: 23 ...: Iran’s authorities have long kept a close eye on local and international media operating in the country, and clamped down as protests engulfed Tehran last week over the June 12 presidential election, the biggest challenge to the cleric-led government in 30 years. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the landslide winner, but supporters of reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi say fraud was widespread.

[The Gaea News] 24 reporters arrested in Iran in weeklong election protests amid ...: Russia welcomes AhmadinejadYEKATERINBURG, Russia ”” Russia welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday on his first trip abroad since his bitterly disputed re-election, a show of support for a leader facing massive protests at home and questions from the West about the legitimacy of the vote countAhmadinejad arrived in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and sat down for talks at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and four Central Asian nations. Iran has observer status in the grouping, widely seen as a counterbalance to U.S.

[Tribuna Libre] Reading Twitter in Tehran? « Tribuna Libre: By John Palfrey, Bruce Etling and Robert Faris, researchers at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society (THE WASHINGTON POST, 21/06/09): Pray that today at 4pm Toopkhane Sq. will turn into a sea of green, .

[The Washington Note] Guest Blog: Dispatches from Tehran - The Washington Note: The kid in the internet cafe had minutes earlier made a clever pun, referring to today's march from Revolution Square to Freedom Square. Saturday afternoon was to be a repeat of last Monday's millions but after the most recent Friday Prayers and the Leader's injunctions, the march had been called into doubt.

[The Lede] Latest Updates on Iran's Disputed Election - The Lede Blog ...: Reuters reports that an opposition rally has taken place on Monday in Tehran. According to the news agency: “Around 1,000 pro-reform Iranians gathered in a central Tehran square on Monday, a witness said, shortly after the elite Revolutionary Guards warned they would crack down on any election-related unrest.”

[Luciole Press Blog] Luciole Press Blog: Articles and videos: "Iran tense after police ...: Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi throw stones during a protest on a street in Tehran June 20, 2009. Mousavi said on Saturday he was "ready for martyrdom" in leading protests that have shaken the Islamic Republic and brought warnings of bloodshed from Iran's Supreme Leader.

[p2pnet news] p2pnet news » Blog Archive » Countrywide Iran DPI spy system: “Internet censoring in Iran was developed with the initial justification of blocking online pornography, among other material considered offensive by the regime, according to those who have studied the country’s censoring,” says the story, also pointing out the country has been trying to control the Net, “since its use moved beyond universities and government agencies in the late 1990s”

[Balloon Juice] Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Iranian election update: (a) “Help cover the bloggers: change your twitter settings so that your location is TEHRAN and your time zone is GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location and timezone searches.

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