The internet has given everyone a voice and has helped ordinary people speak out about their problems and become an even stronger part of the political process.

The most recent and impressive example of how internet and particularly social networking services, like Twitter and Facebook, have played a key role in the world political scene is the 2009 Iran elections and the protests that followed.

As many voices were heard though, during this troubled times, that many were muffled. You may remember for instance, the case of Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American from North Dakota working as a journalist in Iran, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Iranian government, and was finally released after a big web campaign.

Today hundreds of bloggers and online writers are threatened or imprisoned, for using the internet to express their opinions freely and communicate to others the status quo in their country. According to a 2008 report by Committee to Protect Journalists, online journalists and bloggers represent 45% of all media workers in prison worldwide. To h