Iran Election Dispute Plays Out Online
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Monday, June 15, 2009; 4:07 PM
Amid reports that the Iranian government is trying to disrupt communication services and curb traditional media outlets after Friday's disputed election, millions of people are turning to blogs and social media channels to exchange the latest news about the escalating tensions.
Supporters of pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are using the Internet to protest election results showing a win for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, organizing demonstrations and using hacking tools to crash official government sites, according to Wired's Danger Room blog.
Many international news organizations are live-blogging the Iran story, collecting news from both mainstream and citizen sources. A guide to Iranian election coverage on the Web follows:
Photos and Video
PicFog is a real-time feed of images posted to Twitter. Enter a search term to narrow the field and follow a specific topic. Keep in mind there isn't any editing -- you get all of the images, even if they involve a level of gore or manipulation not found on traditional news sites.
Tehran 24 is a photoblog of Iran's capital city maintained by Amir Sadeghi. Recent posts have been focusing on the election and ensuing protests.
Mousavi's supporters are also posting video and photos to Flickr and YouTube.
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Mousavi's supporters have also been using Twitter to organize rallies, in both Farsi and English, and distribute protest images and video.
As always, you should take everything on Twitter with a grain of salt. The Atlantic's Mark Ambinder is encouraging news consumers to follow the developments on Twitter like a CIA analyst.
