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The Continual Political Impact of SMS Messaging SMS messaging has been having quite an impact on politics since its introduction to the world. In January of 2001, for example, the president of the Philippines was forced to resign after a text messaging campaign was launched against him and millions of messages were sent to citizens throughout the country. SMS messaging was also used in 2004 in order to put together a group of people to participate in the protest rallies following the Madrid train bombings. In the United States, text messaging was also used for protests during that same year against the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. During the 2005 civil unrest in Franceyouths, SMS messaging played an important role. According to French national police, those involved in the unrest were using text messages as one method of arranging meetings and as a method for warning each other about what the police were doing. Many skeptics believe that SMS networks were purposely disabled during the 2005 Iranian Presidential elections in an effort to help Mahmoud Ahmadinejad get elected. Similarly, many organizations have used SMS messaging in order to gain support. Some examples include the Plaid Cymru, Cymru X, the Scottish National Party, and the Young Scots for Independence, all organizations in Scotland that were attempting to raise awareness about their respective causes. The Scottish Socialist Party also encouraged citizens to text message the First Minister in 2006 in order to show their support for free school meals. In 2005, SMS messages were also used by Chinese nationalists as a means for spreading the word about when and where their 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations would be taking place. SMS messaging was selected as the method for sharing this information because it was one of only very few forms of electronic media that were not subject to direct government monitoring The Messaging Centre offers everything you need to setup a browser-based SMS messaging facility. Take a FREE NO OBLIGATION TRIAL NOW. Also please feel free to look at more useful information about SMS. Enjoying Premium Rated SMS Messages |
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