TechSpot

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Twitter announced that it removed the accounts based on FBI intel, noting that they had low engagement and did not impact public conversation because of their prompt removal.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In late October, the Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further tightened export restrictions on AI accelerators to China and other countries of concern, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Read Entire Article

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 21, 2006

Their website , found at [link] is an on-line memorial honoring over nine thousand victims allegedly killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran since the revolution in 1979 and an extensive library of documents relating to human rights and democracy. But you would hardly know it from looking at the beautiful website they just released.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2011

Similar discussions surfaced last year during Iran’s Green Revolution, when many people on social media overlaid a green shade to their avatars and profile pictures to show their solidarity with the people of Iran. The Iran related hashtags also trended on Twitter.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 6, 2020

The search engine giant also banned several channels linked to Russia and Iran.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

They argue for more sanctions against Iran, praise certain Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, and criticize Qatar (currently the subject of a diplomatic and economic embargo from the UAE and other states in the Middle East because of the country’s alleged support for terrorism).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays. There are many opportunities to see hashtags in action!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The past year of research by HRDAG analysts has supported key criminal prosecutions and uncovered the truth about political violence in Guatemala, Iran, Colombia, Chad and Liberia. They revealed the culpability of powerful people who never expected that these records would ever be exposed to public scrutiny - let alone scientific analysis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

Flying down the Persian Gulf, alongside Iran's coast, we arrived in Dubai. It seemed ironic, to be encased in this latest and most luxurious flying conveyance, drinking fine wine and eating good food, while Iraqis and Americans are still dying and struggling to bring peace to that troubled land.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

At age 16, Payman Zamani fled Iran and made his way to America as a refugee. At 28, he secured a billion-dollar IPO. Today, he is redefining what it means to be an entrepreneur and business leader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ? Two years later, changing your Twitter icon in support of a cause (even though some call this " slacktivism "), is a techniques being used. There are tools now to make it easy for supporters to change their avatars, although you don't get the range of self-expression.

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The Verge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The attacks were claimed by the Islamist, Iran-backed Houthi rebel group, which currently controls large portions of nearby Yemen and is fighting a coalition of forces supported by Arab countries including the UAE. The UAE withdrew its forces from Yemen in 2019, but continues to supply and train local militia opposed to the Houthi.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It is not the first incident of water supplies being targeted — a water utility in Illinois was targeted by suspected Russian hackers in November of last year, while an attempted cyberattack on Israel last year that intelligence officials have linked to Iran involved attempts to manipulate the water supply, The Washington Post reported.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online - NYTimes.com - Watching the #IranElection hashtag stream on Twitter, more and more videos on YouTube and the BBC, and the way citizens create and the global networks share updates about the reality of post-election mayhem in Iran has distracted me from work and ignited many conversations with friends (..)

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

These tactics would reportedly not have worked in countries like Iran or China where internet censorship efforts are more sophisticated, but they were enough to get the Russian authorities to give up on their attempts to ban Telegram. And they blamed Telegram, not the Russian authorities.”.

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Viber is currently blocked or disrupted by Iran and Vodafone. The only interference we see is from Vodafone in some countries, and in Iran. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon. Do you know if and where Viber is currently being blocked?

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

Earlier this year, the US and UK issued a warning about “advanced persistent threat groups” from countries like China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia targeting health-care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research groups, and local governments.

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Forum One

JUNE 16, 2009

Protest Iran Election. Katrin Verclas' Twitterfeed - actively amplifying the news out of Iran. Internet Graphs: Internet usage trends on Twitter show the consistency and growth of the Iran Election movement. Right now the world is watching the next level of emergent social media and citizen engagement. Twitter: #iranelection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

public exits per year; by 2019, even Iran had more listed companies than Brazil. Since 2007, the number of publicly listed companies in Brazil has decreased from 400 to just a little over 300. In the past six years there were only 21 IPOs — an average of just 3.5

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Earlier internet shutdowns and slowdowns were carried out in Guinea in 2007 and in Iran in 2009, but Egypt’s was the first to affect internet connections across an entire country where more than a quarter of citizens had access. As a result, an estimated 93 percent of Egyptian networks were blocked for five days.

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Medium Technology Section

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed a proposal by the United States and Israel to forcibly displace Palestinians from… Continue reading on Medium

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TechNode

MAY 25, 2024

Although my understanding of these three countries is limited, I believe Iran maintains a positive attitude toward investment from China, he said. Zhang reiterated that as investors embark on their Middle East ventures, they should harness the power of confidence tempered with cultural sensitivity.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran. In addition, there is increased global awareness of women’s issues such as reproductive rights in the U.S., What does this mean for grantmakers and philanthropy as a whole?

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Ireland, 26 other countries in Europe, China and Iran. The quickest option for employers is to hire international talent already in the U.S. because many consulates still remain closed to routine visa processing due to the pandemic. What’s more, travel restrictions have been imposed on India and remain in place for Brazil, the U.K.,

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TechNode

JUNE 26, 2024

Affected regions include mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, and Iran. Chinas AI companies are rushing to win over OpenAI users in the country as the ChatGPT creator takes measures to block API traffic from countries and regions that it does not officially support.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

“Equitable learning has always been close to my heart as my parents were students during the 1970s revolution in Iran, and were unable to follow through on their educational and career dreams,” Katanforoosh said.

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Care2

MARCH 10, 2010

2009 Iran Election: Women's Revolution? The panel will review results from a recently completed research project investigating social media fundraising strategies specifically supporting events. PRESENTERS Brooke McMillan, Stacey Monk, Frank Barry, Donna Wilkins and Jodie Kolkowski. Twitter Revolution? March 14 at 11:00 AM.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2021

China isn’t the only country that’s been making policy moves around cryptocurrencies — Iran issued a temporary ban on mining during the summer months, and India is potentially making ownership of crypto illegal. El Salvador has gone the opposite direction , becoming the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

from Iran for school years ago, the company is taking on the natural result of the last decades order-of-magnitude increase in satellite launches: traffic. Founded by old friends Araz Feyzi and Siamak Hesar, who came together to the U.S. Space may seem like a big place, but low Earth orbit is actually pretty crowded, relatively speaking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.". Slacktivism, if you don't know , is the pejorative term describing, in the words of Barbara Mikkelson , ".the

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Recent events in Iran and India showed Twitter's ability to build a groundswell and deploy rapid response messaging, albeit in a much less urgent sense in holding rallies and actions related to climate change.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 17, 2009

Mobile Citizen Journalism: The Phone As Global Equalizer « MobileBehavior: "iran-mobile-citizenThe Iranian crisis put Twitter in the spotlight as an organizational tool showcasing how the online world could be used to communicate and unite people, despite government censorship.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Recent events in Iran and India showed Twitter's ability to build a groundswell and deploy rapid response messaging, albeit in a much less urgent sense in holding rallies and actions related to climate change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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AFP Blog

JULY 13, 2009

From YouTube’s founding in 2005 to the documentation of post-election turmoil in Iran, the progress video on the web has been remarkable in just a few short year. JoeTrippi.com » Blog Archive » The Rise of Web Video: "What’s next for web video? For more perspective, the NYT has a look, in “Rise of Web Video, Beyond 2-Minute Clips” -".

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