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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 hoping 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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21 Responses to “ Iran bans Facebook ”

  1. thisizme18 Says:

    continuation….

    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..
    ( :


  2. thisizme18 Says:

    just0guessing ,

    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..


  3. just0guessing Says:

    it’s a place where …
    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


  4. abba149 Says:

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


  5. honeydool Says:

    freedom can be …
    freedom can be dangerous, look at us in the US, we are a mess, from AIDS, TO RACISM, TO GAYS, to legal prostiution, to homlessness, TO DRUGS, TO GANGS. trust me
    but religion and politics should always be seperate.


  6. neo58421964 Says:

    Its a very …
    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 Says:

    it’ll all be over …
    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 Says:

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


  9. thisizme18 Says:

    bullcrap
    bullcrap


  10. Sophiebanoo Says:

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


  11. Sophiebanoo Says:

    AHMADINEJAD there …
    AHMADINEJAD there is no more reputation for you ….


  12. uzda4ce Says:

    ahdeminijad and his …
    ahdeminijad and his conrollers are CIA puppets


  13. noeyed210 Says:

    F$%k Facebook! It’s …
    F$%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 Says:

    iran bans ASKHNAZI …
    iran bans ASKHNAZI CONTROLLED MEDIA.


  15. lakeshow499 Says:

    i don’t think …
    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 Says:

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


  17. obiterdicta Says:

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


  18. realpress Says:

    I DEF AGREE!!!
    I DEF AGREE!!!


  19. amirfars Says:

    roo facebook ke …
    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 Says:

    ★★★★★
    ★★★★★


  21. artbiz45 Says:

    Iran is better that …
    Iran is better that what it was