The remarkable events occurring in Iran continue to demonstrate the power of social networks.
Twitter has rescheduled a major maintenance session set for tonight in order to allow the flow of information to continue from Iran. They made the decision because of requests from inside the country.
Iranian citizens would have been silenced only a few short months ago. But now with Twitter they continue to communicate to the world.
Despite their best efforts the Iranian Government is unable to stop the flow of information.
Can any rogue government last long once the people have cell phones and internet access? Dictators around the world certainly must be taking notice.
Accuracy is certainly one concern with so much material coming out. Misinformation and rumor is another. But news organizations seem able to sift through the material to give a balanced picture of things.
Perhaps instead of using bombs and bullets to bring democracy to these countries we should drop millions of cell phones. There appears to be no stopping the momentum once the people can communicate with each other.
The pen, or text message is mightier than the sword.
Check the blogs on Huffington Post and The Atlantic for minute by minute updates.
