The first article in this issue deals with the decision of Erdogan to block access for Turkish Twitter users, as part of his ongoing attempts to clamp down on internet usage following recent embarrassing leaks that have damaged his regime. The second article deals with the persecution of Sufi orders in Iran by the orthodox establishment of the regime, and the online response to a street demonstration by Sufis in Iran. The last article deals with images from the Syrian civil war, and in particular those of suffering children, which have been circulated on social networks.