Protests Move From the Streets To YouTube

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 26, 2007 @09:33PM from the getting-word-out-of-the-Phillipines dept.

weighn writes "One factor driving the move of political statements to YouTube, and away from old-style street protest, is that on the Internet the chances of being personally associated with a protest are lower. Mounting your political message online is also safer in countries where taking part in a protest can result in your death or injury at the hands of your country's army. We've seen how street protests and online polls alike are being shunted aside and ignored. What is the future for the common person who yearns to be heard?"

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Dial Up Nation by BillGatesLoveChild · 2007-03-26 21:47 · Score: 4, Funny

Aussies can use YouTube to protest against the lack of decent broadband. Very... slowly...

http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1715?show=repl ies
Youtube protest chant by BabyDave · 2007-03-26 22:38 · Score: 4, Funny

We're here, we're buffering,
We don't want any more suffering!