>> that's social media is now no longer in the hands of you know, just people in the western countries but everywhere and in iran, it was their -- it was their end around to the rest of the world, to get around the government sensors. >> as internet and cell phone networks continue to be disrupted inside of iran, you can still share videos and ages device to device of bluetooth. >> during the arab spring of 2011, facebook and twitter allowed egyptian protesters to connect to each other and to the outside world. >> we don't want to change players. we want to change all the rules of the game. >> americans paid more attention to the protests across the middle east, iranian and other arab spring protests more than i think they usually do. >> i'm from virginia, from the united states. i came here so i could -- i could be with the people. >> we all forget how quickly this digital and social media revolution has come along and how is it it's advanced in only a few years.