CNN reports on a webdesigner from London who unknowingly helped taking down some government websites in Iran. His website offers a very simple functionality through which you can have a website of your choice be refreshed every so many seconds. Protesters in Iran have massively used the service to overheat e.g. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad‘s websites. Ryan Kelly at first took down his website after receiving messages that his website was being abused. But in the mean while he has decided to let his service be used in this way and thus choose sides in this political matter which has caused an outcry for justice all over the world. Another great example of how the Internet keeps on breaching our traditional power patterns. Although few people will be alarmed about the way this service is used right now, it will be interesting to see how it can/will be used in less laudable ways.
