SMS, SARS, And Censorship

angkor writes with a link to this article about "How SMS messaging in China forced the government to acknowledge the 'fatal flu in Guangdong.' And the steps the Chinese government is taking to make sure it does not happen again."

Comments

and SMS is bad because???

[eclasssystems]

God forbid that a countries government actually listens to its citizens. This just boggles the mind to think that there would be an outcry from this. Granted my neighbors car kills more ppl per year than SARS does but if there were a life threatening disease down the road from my house I'd like to know about it.

Re:China and Human Rights Abuse

[Michael's a Jerk!]

I apoligise - I guess I was unclear.

I was referring to the motivation for the invasion of Iraq. It seems there was a volentry media blackout on the subject - Fox News and co offered the advice of 'experts' to tell us what to think, ansd didn't try to do Investivigative Journalism

OK, time to wear my Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie

Ensure WHAT doesn't happen again?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ensure that a similar disease does't break out again? Or ensure that when one does, the people people cant sidestep government control of the media and warn each other/