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/ 7 April 2004

SMS power in politics

Pass it on. It spread first across the city and then the country, multiplying itself through cellphones, e-mails and the Internet. You have one new message. "Today at 6pm, Genova Street, to find out the truth. Pass it on." And they did, in their thousands. The protests were organised in just a few hours, via SMS and e-mail, by a disillusioned electorate that had decided to take matters into their own hands.