To date, the Green Movement illustr

To date, the Green Movement illustrates both the potential and limits of liberation technology. So far, the Islamic Republic’s reactionary es- tablishment has clung to power through its control over the instruments of coercion and its willingness to wield them with murderous resolve. Digital technology could not stop bullets and clubs in 2009, and it has not prevented the rape, torture, and execution of many protestors. But it has vividly documented these abuses, alienating key pillars of the regime’s support base, including large segments of the Shia clergy.