- From: Amy van der Hiel <amy@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:51:04 -0400
- To: public-xg-socialweb@w3.org
I found the below articles on the Iranian government using Twitter/ Facebook as intelligence gathering tools very thought provoking. "Are Iranian authorities more sophisticated than we think?" http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/10/are_iranian_authorities_more_sophisticated_than_we_think Counter-Targeting The Protesters http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/countertargeting-the-protesters.html (The above reminded me of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" of the depiction of Tereza's distress and guilt when she realized her photographs of Spring revolution protestors were being used by authorities to identify and arrest people.) I wondered about access/obfuscation methods - a way for dissidents to send pics/videos to sites which could automatically anonymize faces/ sender information, etc. Though I see more prosaic less technical changes on the ground too - like protestors in Iran now more regularly covering their faces (though so are the government agents using violence), not carrying identification, etc. Amy -- Amy van der Hiel W3C/MIT 32 Vassar Street, G532 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA phone: +1.617.253.5628 fax: +1.617.258.5999 amy@w3.org
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