Shortly after the 2009 Iranian election, the U.S. State Department contacted Twitter and asked the company to _____.
A) upgrade the network capacity allocated to the Middle East to support the increase in traffic
B) jam messages from the Iranian government to its citizens
C) send specially worded text messages to the citizens of Iran
D) delay a scheduled software upgrade that would have cut off daytime service in Iran

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The best choice is D because the question states that the U.S. State Department contacted Twitter after the 2009 Iranian election and asked the company to delay a scheduled software upgrade that would have cut off daytime service in Iran. This suggests that the U.S. Government wanted to ensure that Iranian citizens would continue to have access to Twitter during a time when the Iranian government was cracking down on dissent and protests. Choices A, B, and C are not mentioned in the question and are therefore incorrect.

Shortly After the 2009 Iranian Election, the U