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G20 Protesters in Court: Criminal Tweeps or Free Speech Champs?

Protesters at last month's G20 meeting were arrested due to allegedly criminal Tweets. Their attorney is defending the two men by saying they were merely relaying public info. Now the courts will have to decide: Is Tweeting an offense?READ»

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Iran Declares War on 21st Century Media

Iran's government just vowed to prosecute people who "cooperate with satellite television programming providers." Along with blocking Twitter and messing with cell-phone networks, it means the power mongers are declaring war on ...READ»

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Seven Movies to Quell the Iranian Revolution, and Seven That Won't

State media masters in Iran are running a Lord of the Rings marathon to keep people occupied. What other movies could work? And which ones to avoid?READ»

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Iranian Protests Becoming Crowd-Sourced Cyber War

Protesting Iranians were already using new technology like Twitter to coordinate their efforts, as we noted on Monday. Now those protests are taking a new direction--with simple crowd-sourced denial of service (DDos) attacks being ...READ»

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Iranian Reformist Protestors Tweet on Despite the Government

Amid the confusion and accusations of Iran's election, the people of Iran are using technology to coordinate protests and voice their anger--despite the government's attempts to block the efforts.READ»

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Stranded in Bangkok Equals Lots of Waiting and Waiting and Waiting

The good news is I'm safe and I have food and a place to stay. The bad news is protesters have taken over the Suvarnabhumi International Airport and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight any time soon. I was scheduled to leave ...READ»

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