While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky
shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive
regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly).
The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
About Clay Shirky
Shirky, a prescient voice on the Internet’s effects, argues that
emerging technologies enabling loose collaboration will change the way
our society works. Full bio and more links
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