Students Use Google Live To Avoid Kettling In London Demo

TO avoid kettling at the student demo, the cool kids have been using a Live Protest Map on Google. There is no danger of police leaning about this and using it to counter the protesters because they only see the media as a tool to get their message out. They do not do the conversation the web is so good at.

The best bit is, of course, that the students now have mobile phones with GPS, video cameras, Twitter and all the tools of control the state used to keep for itself. Frr4edom is out there – it’s carrying a big stick…

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File photo dated 11/04/10 of Liberal Democrats Party Leader Nick Clegg and Vince Cable as they put the finishing touches to the Liberal Democrats party election manifesto at Mr Clegg's Putney home.

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Posted: 9th, December 2010 | In: Technology Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink