Iran bans Facebook




For Iranians there is nothing unusual in banning Facebook except for sensitive timing. Muzzle the opposition and obstruct the mobilization of Iranian youth through Facebook. The reformist Presidential candidates are using new media technology to reach out to their young voters to unseat current conservative President. The development of new media technology and its is adoption by a large number of people 21m people out of a population of 70m have access to the internet has made blogs and web sites such as Facebook an important campaign tool for the reformist candidate ing a swing in June 12 balloting. Mr Moussavis supporters have been using Facebook to encourage other Iranians to vote for him, and to unseat President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad. Besides facebook is the only independent source that both the Iranian youth and reformists can use to communicate with the state media tightly under the grip of ruling incumbent President Ahmedinejad. Facebook, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Presidential elections, internet, social networking, Iran bloggers, blogging, youth, Iran, Instablogs

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  1. chudaluver1 September 3, 2010 at 6:05 pm #

    @neo58421964 yeah but instead of reading post on the Internet just go and help them and you can find out they are in trouble by watching the news. LEARN SOME SOCIAL SKILLS.

  2. thisizme18 September 3, 2010 at 6:17 pm #

    continuation….

    just0guessing ,
    it s not like democrats or dictators come n use facebook to share ideas !!
    so again, facebook has got nothin to do with the elections..

    blockin or allowing it, wouldnt change anything about who the president would or would not be..
    so this video is a thumbs down..
    ( :

  3. thisizme18 September 3, 2010 at 6:47 pm #

    just0guessing ,
    yes its a place for ppl to gather their ideas .. but hey, have u noticed that most these ppl are actually just using facebook to lets say chat, make frends, use different fun applications such as ”who has got the highest IQ” or ”how girly am i” or playing ”poker” n this sort of stuff.. n this infact can be very time wasting sometimes..

  4. just0guessing September 3, 2010 at 7:20 pm #

    it’s a place where ppl can gather their ideas and find out that they’re not alone, the opposite of what a dictatorship wants

  5. abba149 September 3, 2010 at 7:32 pm #

    Kopy paste if you think youtube needs to fix flagging/everything

  6. neo58421964 September 3, 2010 at 7:55 pm #

    Its a very affective tool for passing information that is suppressed by the unelected rulers of the country, it allows people to show their pain an suffering in the pursuit of freedom and democracy, this in turn allows us to understand what is going on the the region and offer help and support as and where we can. Facebook, along with youtube are the new media tools for the people or Iran to show the world what is really going on and deliberately hidden from us.

  7. sinisterish September 3, 2010 at 8:35 pm #

    it’ll all be over in a week and they’ll all be back under the heel of the stupid religious jackboot, sorry sandal

  8. thisizme18 September 3, 2010 at 8:58 pm #

    wat de hek has facebook got to do with the elections????

  9. thisizme18 September 3, 2010 at 9:21 pm #

    bullcrap

  10. Sophiebanoo September 3, 2010 at 10:10 pm #

    Khatami we love you . We protect you . We support you . We Iranian ppl stand for you . God bless you .

  11. Sophiebanoo September 3, 2010 at 10:22 pm #

    AHMADINEJAD there is no more reputation for you ….

  12. uzda4ce September 3, 2010 at 11:14 pm #

    ahdeminijad and his conrollers are CIA puppets

  13. noeyed210 September 3, 2010 at 11:32 pm #

    F$%k Facebook! It’s just another social website. WTF is the big deal? They don’t need the sh!t anyways. It’s not like they’re banning a library or something…….. something with actual value. They’re just banning a dime-a-dozen “waste-your-time” website. They only people who gives a sh!t, are the ones who uses it, nobody else cares.

  14. firefox8192 September 3, 2010 at 11:47 pm #

    iran bans ASKHNAZI CONTROLLED MEDIA.

  15. lakeshow499 September 4, 2010 at 12:00 am #

    i don’t think you’re understanding… you can still use facebook in Iran by way of proxy servers based out of China when the government bans the website…. but facebook isn’t always banned in Iran… the regime uses this censorship to suppress political anti-government mobilization…

  16. ZaraOver September 4, 2010 at 12:49 am #

    that is soo not true, I have Iranian friends on FB

  17. obiterdicta September 4, 2010 at 1:20 am #

    in “mediaye west” nebood. Aslan zane lahjeye hendi dusht. “mediaye west” azade. harchi mitoonad bage. farq mikonad ba “mediaya” iran…

  18. realpress September 4, 2010 at 1:27 am #

    I DEF AGREE!!!

  19. amirfars September 4, 2010 at 2:10 am #

    roo facebook ke faghat 16000 tarafdar peyda karde… rasanehaye dige hastan ke mitoonan komak konan be bishtar raay ovordan na facebook… een mediaye west ham hamash balade az abe gelalood mahi begire…

  20. ubuibiok September 4, 2010 at 2:46 am #

    ★★★★★

  21. artbiz45 September 4, 2010 at 3:35 am #

    Iran is better that what it was

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