Comments on: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Take on the Internet

By: Ida Noa

Ida Noa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:33:36 +0000

[...] At the end of 2008, the charmers in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps stated that they will launch 10.000 blogs for the paramilitary Basij forces ‘in order to control the internet and other digital devices, [...]

By: Global Voices Advocacy » Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launch 40 IRGC’s blogs

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:15:13 +0000

[...] should be mentioned that The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps abnnuced the launch of 10.000 blogs for the paramilitary Basij forces at the end of 2008 to control the Internet and other digital [...]

By: El Oso » Archive » Summary of Cloud Intelligence Symposium

El Oso » Archive » Summary of Cloud Intelligence Symposium — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:04:25 +0000

[...] Iran has a long history of web censorship, but election candidates grew reliant on social media during their campaigns and so, Tehrani believes, the Iranian government stopped blocking access to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube three months before voters went to the polls. Social media played an important role in 1.) keeping protesters informed and 2.) creating a two-way bridge of communication between Iranian citizens and the outside world. Tehrani criticizes western media for its over-emphasis on technology and its under-emphasis on the Iranian people. He points to headlines like “tweeting the revolution”, “the tweeted revolution”, and “a Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?” as examples of misguided western coverage. In fact, he argues, Twitter was not used to organize demonstrations and often caused misinformation, as in the case when one tweeting protester claimed that 700,000 people were at a rally when in fact there were less than 5,000. He concludes by noting that westerners tend to think of the Iranian blogosphere as a face of reformist progressivism when in fact the conservative blogging community is both substantial and expanding. [...]

By: ทำบุญวันเกิด

ทำบุญวันเกิด — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:14:18 +0000

It am always sad everytime to see this issue. Especially in my country this issue does not so much like in Iran, but in fact it should not happen at the democracy country. Right?

By: Brown Bourne: Favorites

Brown Bourne: Favorites — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:06:18 +0000

[...] http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2009/01/08/irans-revolutionary-guards-take-on-the-internet/ * [...]

By: America’s Answer to China’s 50 Cents Party: K Street Lobbyists | Gauravonomics Blog

Thu, 07 May 2009 16:36:59 +0000

[...] in controlling the internet through propaganda that it doesn’t need to censor the internet. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have also started using blogs for [...]

By: بامِ وبلاگشهر » Blog Archive » وبلاگ‌های بسیج، توهمی مخرب

بامِ وبلاگشهر » Blog Archive » وبلاگ‌های بسیج، توهمی مخرب — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:21:48 +0000

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By: » Facebook Diplomacy: How Governments are Exploiting the Internet I&D Blog

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:07:50 +0000

[...] the Internet. He cites a number of examples we’ve brought to light on this blog, including Iranian Basiji bloggers and their location on our new Iranian blogosphere map, Israel-directed bloggers during the war in [...]

By: Valentine’s Day roundup: more Iranian netroots, Saudi Arabia and satellite TV, and net piracy… « Radical Instrument

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:54:10 +0000

[...] cluster. The authors note that this could represent a debate around Islamic law, or may reflect an effort by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to recruit 10,000 bloggers (the cyber-equivalent of opening a Starbucks on every [...]

By: Michael Netzley, CommunicateAsia, corporate communication, Asia, Web 2.0, digital media

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:01:17 +0000

[...] when it comes to media activism. Rather than just merely shouting from the mountain top, this post reports that Iran is planning to launch 10,000 [...]