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• 23 Nov 09
  

  Olivia M

  This article is about the issue of America trying to control Iran's election through social networks espically Twitter.

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  • The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.
• 21 Nov 09
  

  Madeline Brownstone

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.

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  • Twitter and Facebook have been used as a tool by many young people to coordinate protests over the election's outcome.
  • The State Department declined to give immediate details of the contact with Twitter, which has been used particularly by young urban Iranians who are disputing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election last Friday.
• 20 Jun 09
  

  Shelly Blake-Plock

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  • "We highlighted to them that this was an important form of communication," said a State Department official of the conversation the department had with Twitter officials.
• 19 Jun 09
  

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• 18 Jun 09
  

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• 17 Jun 09
  

  Jason Wehmhoener

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  paul jones

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.
  
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• 16 Jun 09
  

  Rick Powell

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  clizzin

  I predicted two years ago that Twitter or a Twitter-like service would eventually just receive and rely on government subsidies. My prediction was inspired by people's use of Twitter to spread news of the SoCal wildfires in summer 2007, showing that the

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  Catherine Hillman

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  Arnault Coulet

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