I asked Cyrus Farivar, an Iranian-American journalist and the author of the forthcoming book "The Internet of Elsewhere," about the history and effects of the Internet in four countries around the world — including Iran — to send us some of his favorite English-language links on the topic of the turmoil in Iran.
He kindly obliged. As Jon Stewart aptly lampooned on last night's Daily Show, cable news networks seem to be having a grand time pointing to random Facebook and MySpace status updates, for lack of better understanding of Iranian online culture. Do yourself a favor, try the list Cyrus compiled, instead.
- Cyberwar guide for Iran elections – Boing Boing
- Iran SMS networks "mysteriously" fail right before elections …
- Iran: Activists Launch Hack Attacks on Tehran Regime – Boing Boing
- Iran: Tim Shey on Observing Social Unrest Online at 32000 feet …
- Lazyweb: turn the new version of Opera into an unstoppable grid of …
- Iran: You Suck At Photoshop (updated) – Boing Boing
- Iran: death penalty for "corrupt weblogs" – Boing Boing
- Twitter reschedules maintenance to avoid clobbering Iranian …
- Iranian election uprising: Twitter tracks it real-time, Iranian …