- 1/4 of the planet's population is connected to the worldwide web.
- Web has set information free, we see this through ordinary people fighting for freedom and democracy.
- Stephan Fry - The web is a powerful tool for the states it allows them to monitor and control us.
- Martha Lane Fox - Co-Founder of Lastminute.com - We are only at the beginning to see how to power balance will shift.
- The brief history of the web is littered with new applications that have unintended consciences.
- Twitter was developed in San Francisco in 2006
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- Iran June 2009, In he aftermath of a presidential election opposition supporters poured out onto the street to vent their anger of what they saw as a rigid contest.
- The Iranian state hit back with with a riot police and a ban on any media reporting inside of the country.
- Protesters then turned to twitter to tell the world what was happening.
- In extraordinary circumstances 2 million tweets were sent out of Iran in the first week by half a million people.
- 200 thousands tweets about Iran were posted every hour.
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