Sulome Anderson/Guest Blogger
![A new show on PBS says the problem with the rise in cyber dissent is that governments like Iran are "pretty good at social media too."](https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/cyber20dissidents.jpg?w=420&h=160&crop=1)
As dissidents move online, governments fight back
Social media and cyber dissidents have exerted a increasing influence on global politics over the last few years—Twitter, for instance, was widely utilized by protesters and journalists during Iran’s 2009 post-election Green Movement, and China has been locked in conflict with Google over allegations of censorship and hacking. “Ideas in Action” with Jim Glassman, a half-hour weekly show on…