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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RETRANSMITTED CORRECTING PHOTOGRAPHERS BYLINE. CORRECT CAPTION SHOULD READ Demonstrators and police face each other in Parliament Square, Westminster, London, as students demonstrate against planned tuition fee increases.

Spotter: Michael K

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