<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Choke Point]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Farhad Manjoo <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2221397/?from=rss">thinks</a> the internet is helping to silence activists:</p><p class="blockquote" style="margin-left: 40px;">The conflicting accounts about what happened at Baharestan Square are evidence that Iran&#39;s media crackdown is working. The big story in Iran is confusion—on a daily basis, there are more questions than answers about what&#39;s really happening, about who&#39;s winning and losing, about what comes next. The surprise isn&#39;t that technology has given protesters a new voice. It&#39;s that, despite all the tech, they&#39;ve been effectively silenced.</p>]]></html></oembed>