Similarly she trots out the Tehran protests which I seem to recall being debunked pretty thoroughly as another feel-good American media frenzy, but with almost no effect on the ground in Tehran. For instance, most of the major Tweeters at the time were not even in Iran, and people involved in the actual protests were not tweeting at all. At best it raised American awareness—especially within tech circles, but very little tangible impact.
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Similarly she trots out the Tehran protests which I seem to recall being debunked pretty thoroughly as another feel-good American media frenzy, but with almost no effect on the ground in Tehran. For instance, most of the major Tweeters at the time were not even in Iran, and people involved in the actual protests were not tweeting at all. At best it raised American awareness—especially within tech circles, but very little tangible impact.