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Twitter Is a Player In Iran's Drama: State Dept. Asked Site to Keep Running

Date: June 17, 2009

Author: Mike Musgrove

QUOTE: The State Department asked Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance earlier this week to avoid disrupting communications among tech-savvy Iranian citizens....an Iranian-American activist in Washington said that tweets from a handful of students have been instrumental in getting information to people outside Iran.

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