Albany, New York, July 8, 2009 -- Austin Heap, the San Francisco IT consultant responsible for building a proxy network for circumventing government filters, has chosen TurnKey Internet for rerouting Iranians on the web.
Events of the past few weeks have highlighted the critical role of civic technology in the fight against tyranny. As the Iranian government blocks its citizens from accessing social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook as well as other communication tools like mobile phone service, Iranian citizens have fought back with the help of people like Austin Heap and his proxy servers.
Heap's proxy network has allowed the Iranian people to organize protests, report on brutality to an international audience and garner support for their efforts worldwide.
"My website has been attacked by Iran. My servers are melting. But protesters are still using technology to mobilize."
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