Cyber-sympathizers aid Iran protestors in online battle

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Cyber-sympathizers from around the world have been battling online to help Iranian protestors dodge censorship, get out news of clashes, and avoid real-world capture.

Pictures, videos, and updates from the streets of Iran continue to pour into social-networking websites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr despite efforts by Iranian officials to cut off mobile phones and the Internet.

"The revolution may not be televised in Iran, but it may well be tweeted," user 'kaplanmyrth' said Wednesday in one of the concise messages flooding an Iranelection feed at the microblogging service.

Online allies have set up scores of "proxy servers," Internet linked computers that can be used by people inside Iran to get around blocks imposed to...

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