The Security Blog

"Intelligence":

Via Tweeter and websites, we have now received this information

- a scanned image showing a letter. We have no idea as to its validity nor content (my Persian is rusty :p ), It is claimed to be "The Real Vote Count", allegedly showing that Mir-Hossein Mousavi won the elections, and that Ahmadinijad achieved THIRD place: Regardless of its validity, this shows us the power of scanning, faxing and email in addition to the power of Social networks.

The force of the written (electronic) word:

We found out that our own Tweet regarding the rescheduling of Downtime for Tweeter was re-tweeted at least 3100 times! That serves to remind us just how pervasive a Tweeter message can be.

3096 tweets retweet

Twitter Blog: Down Time Rescheduled

Tweeter reschedules Maint downtime due to #Iranelection #iranelections – 15th June 23:32

Attempts at (electronic) Crowd Control:

Thanks to the UK’s Guardian, we have the flowing information:

10.05am 06/17/09: The Revolutionary Guard, an elite military force answering to Supreme Leader, warned bloggers to remove any materials that "create tension" or face legal action, AP reports.

Propaganda:

This is a picture, circulated with the help of Tweeter and several websites, which shows alleged "photoshop-ing" of pro-Ahmadinijab rally. Make your own conclusions:

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