China accuses US of online warfare in Iran

[Robb]

Source: Guardian

The United States used "online warfare" to stir up unrest in Iran after last year's elections, the Chinese Communist party newspaper claimed today, hitting back at Hillary Clinton's speech last week about internet freedom.

An editorial in the People's Daily accused the US of launching a "hacker brigade" and said it had used social media such as Twitter to spread rumours and create trouble.

"Behind what America calls free speech is naked political scheming. How did the unrest after the Iranian election come about?" said the editorial, signed by Wang Xiaoyang. "It was because online warfare launched by America, via YouTube video and Twitter microblogging, spread rumours, created splits, stirred up and sowed discord between the followers of conservative reformist factions."

Washington said at the time of the unrest that it had asked Twitter, which was embraced by Iranian anti-government protesters, to remain open. Several social media sites, including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, have been blocked in China in the last year.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/china-us-iran-online-warfare

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Google notwithstanding, this is probably just the latest volley with respect to China's UN veto of additional sanctions against Iran. Which, of course, they would never approve -- considering their large financial interest in Iran. My journal mumbles a bit about the energy bloc over there, Iran is central to it.

[glinda]

1. pot call kettle black

[pjt7]

2. China teaming up with Iran

is a game changer in our Middle-East Strategy.

But let's face it, we need to downshift immediately, anyway.

[demosincebirth]

4. China trades with Iran in exchange for oil.

[madrchsod]

8. let china guard their natural gas supplies

we ain`t got anymore blood and money to do it...yes we need to downshift before we crash into the wall

[The Green Manalishi]

20. anybody

should be able to post anything, anywhere, readable by anyone and everyone else in the world. To support otherwise is to be a fascist piece of shit.

[Demeter]

3. I Think Something Got Lost In Translation

While I have no doubt that the dim light bulbs in DC try to propagandize via Internet in foreign lands, the foreigners all know this game and do it much better, since they are a little more concerned with reality than the US.

Reality is the most powerful propagandizing agent there is. The US should try it sometime. After all, it worked excellently for us before Reagan.

[Vidar]

14. Very good point. We don't need no sinkin' reality.

[madrchsod]

5. one gang of thugs defending another gang of thugs.

it`s about time to tell china to take a flying fuck...

[Wilms]

7. More like one gang of thugs defending another gang of thugs by accusing a third gang of thugs.

Afterall... :shrug:

[madrchsod]

9. yup...it`s the old "who`s on first"

[Wilms]

6. What little credibility the US has left gets Twittered away for another faux-color revolution. n/t

[Pavulon]

11. So you are supporting the mullahs now too?

I know che jesus is on his knees for them but really? When you have the balls to die for something you should then feel free to speak on it.

[Wilms]

13. Where have I posted something supporting mullahs?

Do you stalk DU looking for people who's mouths you'll stuff words in?

:puke:

-edit to add-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4240974&mesg_id=4241073

You missed this on the way down. It states the opposite of what you tar.

:puke: some more

[Pavulon]

15. What did we twitter away in the green revolution?

the us that is? You must mean something else in your post just now about twitter and the iranian revolution.

Or maybe you missed that story.

[Wilms]

16. Oh. So you attacked without being aware of what I was saying.

It's a shame when that happens.

:(

[Pavulon]

17. I know exactly what you are saying.

maybe you will choose to back out of that post? maybe not?

What did we twitter away in a fake revolution in IRAN?

[Wilms]

18. Read the article instead of stalking. n/t

-on edit-

Rather than clog this thread with another reply, let me, in response to your reply below, acknowledge your knack for clogging threads.

Good evening.

[Pavulon]

19. "twittered away for another faux-color revolution" in an Iran post

what ever do you mean? care to expound on that obvious reference to the request made to twitter to keep their site up during the GREEN revolution? I bet you wont.

[unkachuck]

10. I hope....

....we can still count on their full support for a new round of Iranian sanctions....hmmmm....

[WriteDown]

12. What does Hugo have to say about this? nt

[DeSwiss]

21. FUCK China

K&R

[roamer65]

22. Iran is pressing for SCO membership.

SCO is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Iran currently has observer status.

http://www.sectsco.org

[iandhr]

23. The Chinese government has no credibility with me