1.0 link 220893 <![CDATA[In the Digital Iran, Censorship and Surveillance Merge]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-ostertag/in-the-digital-iran-censo_b_220893.html Now would be a good time to remember that censorship and surveillance are different things. I tremble at the thought that the brave citizen journalists of Iran are now getting a brutal lesson in the distinction.

For nearly two weeks, they have managed to keep one step ahead of the Iranian censors, by using proxies, mirrors, specialized software, and most importantly and surprisingly, Twitter. As a result, people around the world like me, sitting in comfortable chairs sipping coffee and...

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