Middle East
#403 Forbidden: Iranian Internet
As part of Free Press' Summer of Internet Freedom, Small Media hosted an exciting hands-on event that posed a challenge to how people think about the Internet: experts, researchers and fun activities allowed people to experience how it feels to 'surf' the net in Iran.
- At Small Media we focus much of our working day on creating new and innovative ways of making the internet experience better for Iranians. So, our team came up with a plan to teach other people what it feels like to surf the net in Iran.
Did you know? Internet use in #Iran has grown more quickly than in any other Middle Eastern country? #403forbidden 403forbidden.eventbrite.com- It all started with an infographic created by our wonderful designer Maral Pourkazemi and the idea to give people a real experience of what Internet censorship in Iran feels like.
- RT @small_media: Exciting!! The #infographic for our #403forbidden event just arrived instagr.am/p/PwBSCdIUzv/
- We invited our friends and colleagues to join the conversation before #403forbidden even started. It became an experiment to challenge our preconceptions of what is and is not blocked in Iran and how the proposed "Halal Internet" would work.
- Hey @article19org CHECK if ur website is BLOCKED at blockediniran.com & tweet us back Join the convo #403forbidden bit.ly/OWALXs
- Next, we started to build up interest by tweeting interesting facts about censorship to engage people. Iran censored Gmail and Google while we were preparing for the event; breaking news is also a good way to get RTs.
- Did u know? The religious authorities in #Iran consider music 2 b as harmful 2 society as drugs? #403forbidden smallmedia.org.uk
RT @small_media: #Iran blocks acces to Google and Gmail globalvoicesonline.org/2012/09/24/ira… via @globalvoices #freespeech4Iran #403forbidden- So, before it all started, people were ready. Most importantly, they were listening to what we had to say.
Worth looking at #403forbidden, for @small_media's worskshop on internet censorship in #Iran bit.ly/QUmUm9
RT @small_media: Almost ready for our event on #Iran Internet and censorship bit.ly/Vy8Di2 join the conversation #403forbidden
RT @small_media: PHOTO About to start #403forbidden hands on experience on #Iranian Internet! Join the conversation smallmediafoundation.com ...- PHOTOS were crucial to our outreach on social media. #403forbidden was a hands-on discovery exercise and our guests were really encouraged to see and to engage to figure out what it was about. A snap of the hundreds of URLs we wrote on post-its got us a lot of RTs. People relate to what they see and they get involved.
PHOTO Which of these websites is blocked in #Iran? People at our #403forbidden workshop will find out! Join the convo http://pic.twitter.com/Ood1yHEC- RT @small_media: PHOTO Which of these websites is blocked in #Iran? People at our #403forbidden workshop will find out! Join the convo h ...
RT @small_media: PHOTO Which of these websites is blocked in #Iran? People at our #403forbidden workshop will find out! Join the convo h ...- RT @small_media: PHOTO Which of these websites is blocked in #Iran? People at our #403forbidden workshop will find out! Join the convo h ...
RT @small_media: PHOTO Which of these websites is blocked in #Iran? People at our #403forbidden workshop will find out! Join the convo h ...
RT @small_media: PHOTO Which of these websites is blocked in #Iran? People at our #403forbidden workshop will find out! Join the convo h ...- THEN it was about making the information and the audience experience visible. From funny snaps to interesting facts, getting the conversation started was pretty straightforward.
Music expert Behzad Bolour joined our workshop on Iranian Internet #403forbidden Thanks 4 coming! facebook.com/bolour http://pic.twitter.com/F7Zkvixj- We gave people a HASHTAG so they could share their own images and impressions. This was vital to making this a conversation rather than a one-sided speech.
Stina BackerGutted I missed the event, can't wait until the next one. 2012-10-09T10:52:10.778Z
