Belay that <3

A thoughtful post on the "limits of Twitter" at a time when the site is a key source of information out of Iran. We can't forget that despite the Internet's democratizing influence it's still subject to the interference of governments and public policy. (Obsidian Wings)

But understand... the tweets could be stopped (more on that below). In fact, I worry that Twitter's success in Iran will create a false confidence that the Internet can't be stopped, and that people's digital voices can't be silenced. They can -- and we should understand that keeping an open global Internet requires aggressive effort and activism.