U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran | Industrie...
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- Myszkowskio11 on 2009-11-23 - Tags ITGS11-P1 , social network , Iran Election , twitter , iran , election
- Mbrownstone on 2009-11-21 - Tags politics , twitter , iran
- Teachpaperless on 2009-06-20 - Tags Iran , election , Twitter
- Jasonw22 on 2009-06-17 - Tags twitter , iran , politics , government , technology , twitmark , delicious
- Scholz73 on 2009-06-17 - Tags internet , Iran , politics , activism
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The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.
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Twitter and Facebook have been used as a tool by many young people to coordinate protests over the election's outcome.
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The State Department declined to give immediate details of the contact with Twitter, which has been used particularly by young urban Iranians who are disputing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election last Friday.
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"We highlighted to them that this was an important form of communication," said a State Department official of the conversation the department had with Twitter officials.
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