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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:50 PM Original message |
U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. This story is not a good thing |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They are extensions of US foreign policy. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thanks |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. But the dictators didn't shut them down. Obama's OFAC did. |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The State department was reacting to calls from the public |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Maybe ask the State Department. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I was thinking why crap like Twitter is so popular |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Fuck the authoritarian foreign states |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Really? |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Uh, I can access foreign state's sites about their foreign policy |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. That isn't the issue |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Then why did Obama's OFAC shut down all the Messenges services? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The embargo has been in effect for years ( long before Obama) |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But it is the Obama admin that is cracking down on communication technologies ... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Its quite simple Mr Burnett |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. FYI |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I'm so happy to see the State Department so soliitous for the communication |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. So the U.S. sticking up for free speech in other countries is a bad thing? |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. While at the same time cutting off their means to do so? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Just wondering, |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Uh, I didn't read anything about IM outside of this: |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think IRNA would pick this story up. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I'm wondering how bad this media crackdown is. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Reporters have been confined to their hotels/offices etc until their visas run out. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thanks. Yes, I'd heard about the visa situation. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 04:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I was going by this report from CNN |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 04:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Here it is, from Monday: |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Both the BBC and SKY are in touch with their foreign correspondents |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 03:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I saw that "shopping" story and must say, it restored my faith in the press. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. State Department is working with Twitter and other social networking sites to ensure Iranians are |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. That's a little disingenuous. We do certainly have relations with other |
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