Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.
The Verge
JULY 7, 2020
AI-generated profile pictures created by sites like ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com have some unique advantages when it comes to building fake online personas. AI-generated headshots are increasingly realistic. Although it’s not clear who created the network, op-eds published by the fake writers do share certain editorial values.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 15, 2008
When I got up, I hung out in the bar taking pictures (of course). Flying down the Persian Gulf, alongside Iran's coast, we arrived in Dubai. My full set of pictures are on Flickr: Dubai, UAE, Oman and Airbus 380 - a set on Flickr The experience was wonderful, although I must admit I slept soundly for at least eight hours.
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.
The Next Web
MAY 7, 2013
Viber is currently blocked or disrupted by Iran and Vodafone. How big is video and picture sharing on Viber, vis-à-vis regular text messaging and VoIP calls? The only interference we see is from Vodafone in some countries, and in Iran. Can you share some numbers? We actually maintain good relationships with many carriers.
Forum One
JUNE 16, 2009
Here's just a taste of the thousands of pages being leveraged in this fight: Mousavi's Flickrstream: Images on Boston's the Big Picture. Protest Iran Election. Katrin Verclas' Twitterfeed - actively amplifying the news out of Iran. Right now the world is watching the next level of emergent social media and citizen engagement.
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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