Social media were barely nacent in 2009 Iran
It is surprising that the failure of the Iran 2009 protests to overthrow the regime may be interpreted as a proof that Internet cannot really support revolutions. The penetration of Internet may just have been too low to have a significant effect.
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Social media were barely nacent in 2009 Iran
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