Viral victory: Iran is beating the land of tech bros in the social media wars

praptak

Iran messaging: we got attacked by mad apes but we are cool and funny and we carry on unbothered USA messaging: UNGA BUNGA BIG EXPLOSIONS

xtiansimon

I’m reminded of Charlie Hebdo shooting in 2015. This year I heard a program on This American Life about comedians in Syria post-Bashar al-Assad under the rebels government of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Comedy is not a subject I mentally associate with Muslims in the Middle East. Comedy must surely be the ultimate form of free speech (whereas “Citizens United” might be the most radical form). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting https://www.thisamericanlife.org/879/transcript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

juancn

Ironically, most Iranians can't see the propaganda since they don't have internet access.