From The Christian Science Monitor:The free social-messaging utility uniquely documented and personalized the story of hope, heroism, and horror in Iran.
Washington - The video gave substance to what seemed so far away. We saw the look in her eyes as they went lifeless. We heard the sounds of her friends and family as they begged her to hold on. And she became the personification of the struggle for democracy in a country where voices for freedom are quelled.
Her name was Neda Agha-Soltan, and without Twitter we might never have known that she lived in Iran, that she dreamed of a free Iran, and that she died in a divided Iran for her dreams.
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My Comment: I would also include YouTube and Facebook.
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