Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Network Trumps Hierarchical Orcs

The Network abhors gatekeepers of hierarchical sites. Perfect example is the latest push back by Iranians against the Orc Minders.

Ardeshir Arian:
The Iranian regime does its best to keep a tight rein on news outlets, but new media – cell phone video, YouTube, and the countless number of blogs and news forums in Farsi means that when large-scale protests against the regime occur in public they are impossible to completely conceal.

Sources have told PJM of a major public uprising over the weekend in Tehran – an account corroborated by other reports on the Web.