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Errol Barnett from CNN describes WebMan blog post yesterday very well. Have embedded it below.

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Intro for non Twitter people – Many everyday people have heard of Twitter, many WebMan clients have heard about it but some people simply don’t know why we need it or how it works. Twitter is used for individuals to ‘follow’ ‘tweets’ of their idols/important and influential people in the world. However…

Twitter comes to age with #IranElection.

Twitter Comes to Age with #IranElection

After the recent democratic elections in Iran, students and ‘people concerned’ have turned to twitter to ‘post up to the second’ information on the violence and brutality that followed the election results.

Students, typically tech savvy have been able to stay a step a head of an incredibly forceful and brutal regime to broadcast their story. They are using Twitter.

Why is Twitter so Powerful?

Australian Media on Twitter - SMH

People are able to report media stories in an instant, no other multi billion dollar media industry such as CNN / BBC / ABC can venture into Iran.  So Twitter enables the information to come to the rest of the world – in this case it was brought to you by the students of Iran via their computers and mobile phones. This is the future of political media reporting, no rehashed journalistic interpretations, this is reported in an instant, this is a phenomenon in Internet technologies.

People like little WebMan (me) located in the little suburbs of Sydney’s Northern Beaches can follow the students in their fight for democratic change or even perhaps a democratic revolution in the Middle East.

#IranElection Links to Information, Photos and Videos

Various Tweets have have been brought to the rest of the world. For instance, check out this video of how the violence has taken place.

Could Twitter bring down Middle East Dictatorships?

Mob movement is consistent through all societies, people vote, they decide what they want, not the governments, it is the lack of ‘underground movement’ communicates to provide information of policies and factual information. Media control and manipulation in dictatorships has now met its match with Twitter, mob movements will over power the government media by sheer numbers, let the ‘tweets’ continue.

Can Government control Twitter?

bwernsen twitter proxy

Yes but No. The regime tries to block IP addresses, block-this block-that. Perhaps they can turn off other social networks. The students have outsmarted them, the students learn Internet modern communications, they are the future of modern digital media. They surely know how to get around the various technological loop holes. Such in the case with a Dutch Tweet http://twitter.com/bwernsen,  who provided a series of Iran Proxies to use.

What now for Iranian Students?

They will continue to Tweet through Twitter, they will continue to tell the world of what is going on and how they are fighting for justice and democracy. Hopefully Western Governments will take note of their voices on Twitter and go where regular media can’t venture.

Students to Protest Peacefully

In one of the most amazing and tearing jerking photos that WebMan saw on Twitter was this photo of an Iranian student helping and protecting an Iranian Riot Policeman. This is an example where students in Iran are not at war with the enforcers but the regime… it is showing us the most peaceful movements and often the most powerful, perhaps images like this can help turn the police back on the regime?  More Iranian evidence here.

Iranian Student Helping Riot Police

Twitter HAS Come of Age

WebMan can hear your voices through Twitter… all the way from Sydney Australia.  Thank you to all those students in Iran for informing the world of your situation.

Please be Peace soon!

WebMan