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Iranian Blogs challenge President

hoder — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:21:22 -0800

Iranian bloggers challenge the President in the Summit: It all started from a post on the Geneva Summit's blog, DailySummit, asking Iranians to report on the Net censorship. Then, they asked them to post their questions for the Iranian President, who was going to have a press conference. Then reporters asked the questions from the president: Is the there a blacklist for Iranian websites? Do you read Persian weblogs? How hard is it to connect to the Net in Iran? Later they asked tougher questions from the Minister of Telecommunications: Why don't they public the blacklist? Why Sina Motallebi, the blogger, was arrested? Isn't the summit about how technology benefits democracy and human rights? Blogs can definitely be a big part of the answer.

By: the fire you left me

the fire you left me — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:28:41 -0800

The hardliners in Iran made a mistake : alow the people to attend Universities. Suddenly, knowledge wants more.

By: swerdloff

swerdloff — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:35:00 -0800

Another informative post. Thanks, Hoder. Lots of very valid questions.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:51:13 -0800

The internet looks like the wedge that just might split open a democratic government over there. As Anil said, who would have thought the president of Iran would talk about weblogs before the president of the United States.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:35:32 -0800

This is fantastic! Thanks for the links, hoder.

By: alicesshoe

alicesshoe — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:46:51 -0800

Amazing find, hoder, much thanks.

By: plep

plep — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:53:57 -0800

[this is good]