The Twitter team has moved their scheduled maintenance times to help the protesters in Iran to easily communicate with each other for planning their next protest rally against government of Ahmedinejad. If you check out the Twitter most famous terms these days, it is #Iranelection and #Iran. This means that it has become an important means of communication for the people inside and outside Iran to get themselves updated about the latest happenings. I checked out the term #Iranelection in twitter from our profile TechNama to check out the updates.
There were people from around the globe spreading the stories, which frankly speaking, i found hard to verify. Anyways, the Twitter has decide to reschedule their scheduled maintenance to 2 – 3pm Pacific Time, which is middle of the night in Iran. According to Biz Stone of Twitter
A critical network upgrade must be performed to ensure continued operation of Twitter. In coordination with Twitter, our network host had planned this upgrade for tonight. However, our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is currently playing as an important communication tool in Iran.
I wonder what made Twitter do this? Is it that it wants to support its users in Iran or is it that it is taking side with the anti-Government protests taking place in Iran? I think Twitter should have avoided it as it will become political and this may result in serious repercussion for the company. I won’t be surprised if Twitter is banned in many countries around the world which have a strict media regulations since Twitter has lost its neutrality with this move.
Do let me know if you think Twitter is right in taking sides in the current standoff?
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