In Iran, Internet speeds were were throttled to slightly-better-than-dial-up speeds; search term "women" was blocked. #SXSW #SXSWiran
#sxswiran Women's movement predated, leveraged new communications tech. Iran used anti-porn as pretext to censor searches for 'women.'
.@academicdave Iran is emulating China's censored net; "if you can provide entertainment, you'll silence 90% of critics" #sxswiran #ipad
Panelist Roja 's friend, journalist, got arrested in Iran #sxswiran #sxsw
David Parry: Provide entertain't & shopping, & block politics, then 90% of people will be happy & you can go after 10%. #sxswsa #sxswiran
internet makes people more social -- not less #sxswiran
#sxswiran Foreign journalists relatively well treated in jail. Iranians beaten.
#sxswiran talks about Nokia selling tools to Iranian gov allowing them to monitor and arrest demonstrators /via @Mazi <-#Nokia #Fail
Parry: tech can reshape how we interact, and how government opresses people. #sxswiran #sxswnp
Excellent discussion on social media, technology and the 2009 Iran Election at SXSW. #SXSWIran
Takeway from @academicdave: Net makes ppl more social, not less. We need to look more at corp assistance for repressive govs. #sxswiran /RS
Can we really say that tech makes pol more or less social? I'm thinking the world is more complex than that #sxsw #sxswiran
#sxswiran Panel hasn't mentioned that Ahmedinejad has support in Iran. His supporters don't use Twitter much. Twitter self-selecting...
Iran blocked all websites including the word "zan" (woman) at one point, claiming it was a porn-blocking move. Shades of Aussie. #SXSWIran
Repressive gov'ts can use tools like Twitter to achieve their goals in the same way a pro-democracy groups can. - @monaism #sxswiran
Listening to the #sxswiran panel at #sxsw
"gender equality is inevitably a part of the green movement' #sxswIran
Green movement is so intertwined with the women's rights movement in Iran. #sxswiran #sxswnp
Kasra just blew my mind. Iran gov was censoring online search for "women." ( feeling naïve... ) #sxswIran via @acarvin @lesliehatfield
Bandari is talking about the inseparability of the Iranian women's rights movement and the Iranian democracy movement. #sxswiran #sxswi /RS
women and twitter BOTH very influential in the Iran election #sxswiran
Was the 2009 Iran Election a Twitter or women's revolution? I think it was a movement facilitated by Twitter as a tool. #sxswiran
Kasra just blew my mind. Iran gov was censoring online search for "women." ( feeling naïve... ) #sxswIran via @acarvin @lesliehatfield
.@acarvin asks the first question at #sxswiran: what role did other social media play in the green revolution?
Questions for #sxswiran panel: 1. Are you familiar with @negaratduke's work and "vailed men?" 2. Whatever happened to @hoder?
At #SXSWIran panel
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balatarin.com very important tool for Iran #sxswiran
A: by @monaism FriendFeed was popular, but blocked. @roja_b Google Groups were huge, Persian sites were huge, but off western radar#sxswiran