Friday, October 5, 2012
Cyberspace in Iran
Just like the US, Iran has become very interested in technology. The government however, has not like that one bit. I feel that even with the crack downs on technology in Iran by the government the youth will continue to use technology to get want they want and to communicate with each other. The youth, just like in the US, would love to communicate with people outside of the US to tell them their story and information about the youth so that other countries does not view Iran by just the way the media portrays them. however their government does not approve of that. And while the government is trying their best to stop the communication with certain people, the youth are finding new ways to get around the blocks. No matter how much the government tries to take away the technology from its citizens, the youth will get around the blocks and still try to get to the social media. When there is so many youth members, who have not grown up with the Shah ruling, they will fight for what they want. When the government goes against what the youth wants, the youth will revolt and you get another green movement, where the government will fight against the protest. When the government fights against what the youth wants, who by the way makes up most of the country, social media will blow up. Then of course everyone hears about what is going on in Iran and that gives the youth the incentive to continue to revolt and fight for what they believe in. The youth will use technology to demand what they want. They are not allowed to protest without getting a pass for it. With technology the youth can stay what they want without being thrown into jail, or worse killed. Hearing about how strict the Iranian government is becoming with technology makes you think twice about how lucky we are with freedoms in the US. We have the right to post and say what ever we want to a certain degree while the people of Iran have no freedoms that are similar to ours in the views on technology.
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I agree with you! The more the government cracks down, the more the students will revolt! There's no way to stop them from getting through the Internet so the whole world will know about it. I also agree that it makes you really appreciate our freedoms. Right now we're using the Internet to criticize a government, something that would never be allowed in Iran!
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