Editing Blogging in Iran (section)

===Transition to Facebook===
While blogging remains a key form of political protest, in the 2009 uprisings, Facebook began to take a more central role. The physical, rather than virtual protests spread through word-of-mouth rather than blogs. When possible, instances of police abuse were captured on mobile phone videos and then uploaded to YouTube, most famously the video of Neda Agha Soltan being shot to death in the streets of Teheran. These videos were shared on Facebook, fueling the protests. Originally blocked by the government in 2006, it had been unblocked in 2009, just months before the protests.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Irans_Green_Movement_And_New_Media/2068714.html |title = The Myths And Realities Of New Media In Iran's Green Movement| newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | date=12 June 2010 | last1=Esfandiari | first1=Golnaz }}</ref>