How the Syrian Regime is Cracking Down on Social Media

Jennifer Preston for the New York Times:

[Syrian] Security officials are moving on multiple fronts — demanding dissidents turn over their Facebook passwords and switching off the 3G mobile network at times, sharply limiting the ability of dissidents to upload videos of protests to YouTube, according to several activists in Syria. And supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army, are using the same tools to try to discredit dissidents.

Really, think of this: A security official demanding your facebook password. This is wrong on so many levels..