Twitter has found its self in a new place of global communication. In the past twitter has been an instrumental part of communication in natural disasters. With the elections in Iran Twitter has caught the eye of the State Department.

“One of the areas where people are able to get out the word is through Twitter,” a senior State Department official said in a conversation with reporters, on condition of anonymity. “They announced they were going to shut down their system for maintenance and we asked them not to.”

Here is more on Twitter and Iran from Clay Shirkey: TED: Clay Shirkey on Twitter and Iran

Here is more social networks and Twitter, also from Clay Shirkey: TED

No TweetBacks yet. (Be the first to Tweet this post)