Iranian protesters use Twitter, YouTube to broadcast violence
As violence flared Sunday between anti-government protesters and Iranian security forces, the world witnessed a second surge in Iranian “citizen journalism” via Internet platforms such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
Social Media is helping dissidents get their message past a state run press
It has been years since a Western news organization has been able to operate a news bureau out of Tehran. Reporters Without Borders and The Associated Press have reported that a number of journalists and editors have been arrested in Iran since Sunday. Reporters Without Borders also reported that computers were confiscated from the offices of a weekly newspaper and that yesterday “most independent or opposition Web sites were rendered inaccessible within Iran.”
The Associated Press has reported that cell phone and text messaging services within Iran have been restricted.
It’s clear the Iranian government is attempting to keep professional journalists from documenting the turmoil in the country’s streets. It’s also apparent that the more the Iranian government tries to suppress the mainstream press, the more active the Iranian citizenry becomes in filling journalists’ shoes, broadcasting to the world scenes of Iranian unrest.
Read More: By ANJALI KHOSLA MULLANY, New York Daily News
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