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Cartoon: Iranian Election Demonstrations and Twitter

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

During the demonstrations following the most-likely rigged Iranian election results, and because of media and telecommunication blackouts, Twitter is being used as a powerful tool to get news out of the country.

During the Iranian election unrest Twitter is being used as a powerful tool to get news out of the country

During the Iranian election unrest Twitter was used as a powerful tool to get news out of the country

Cartoon by Ian D. Marsden

Cartoon: Iranian Election Demonstrations and Twitter