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Philippine Activists Stage 'Virtual Sit-In'


From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:10:41 GMT

A cursory search on the web for "philippine human rights"
did not immediatly reveal the web site mentioned in the article.

Via Yahoo! News (AP).

[snip]

Computer-savvy Philippine protesters took civil disobedience to cyberspace Thursday, launching a "virtual sit-in" 
campaign that urged online activists to overwhelm the police Web site with numerous hits.

Protesting alleged human rights abuses, activists calling themselves "Electronic Brigade" opened a Web site that 
directs visitors to the main national police site.

[snip]

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_hi_te/philippines_cyber_protest

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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