Social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are being used by opponents of the regime to coordinate protests and spread news. While Dissidents are also using cyber-tactics to outwit official censorship plans. Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mir Houssein Mousavi posted support on the micro-blogging site Twitter today, calling for a second banned pro-Mousavi rally to go ahead...

As protests against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's declared electoral victory continue in cities across Iran and the Iranian government cracks down on media coverage, Iranians are using Twitter and blogs to spread information about events on the gorund there. Over the weekend, following the Iranian government's announcement of Mr. Ahmadinejad's proclaimed landslide victory over...

CNN) - Iranian protesters have found a new outlet to mobilize and take action. The presidential election has proved how much opposition supporters can demand change without necessarily taking to the streets. Just give them a computer and an Internet connection and watch what they can do. At the height of the protests and disorder in Tehran on Saturday and Sunday, Twitter was used to give...

While the Iranian government retains a monopoly on all television and radio broadcasting, the country continues to have an independent, though reduced in size and severely battered, print media. Although many independent and reformist newspapers were launched during the years of the Khatami presidency (1997-2005), hardliners in Iran have shut down more than 100 of those publications and jailed...

A true David vs. Goliath tale is unfolding on the world stage. The courage and intelligence of a handful of dedicated men and women are undermining the world's dictatorships and opening a fast lane to democracy. This development is making possible a 21st century equivalent of the Berlin Wall's collapse. It is the work of a few modern-day "Davids" who are shattering the Internet walls...