It looks like Twitter is jumping to a whole new level of social media. Recently Iran held an election. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came out as a clear winner. When the legitimacy of the election was called into question protests and riots ensued. So how does the election of a middle eastern country relate to Twitter? The government in Iran controls the media so the current administration can control the message to the people, or do they. May people have setup private twitter relays so tech savvy Iranians can Tweet. Twitter has become so integrated to the independent new cycle in Iran that Reuters is reporting
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.
I consider this one of the first true indicators that the “new media” has moved from a toy used by the technoratti to a truly powerful media.
