Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Protests, Twitter and Eastern Europe


"MOSCOW - A crowd of more than 10, 000 young Moldovans materialized seemingly out of nowhere on Tuesday to protest against Moldova's Communist leadership, ransacking government buildings and clashing with the police...

The protesters created their own searchable tag on Twitter, rallying Moldovans to join and propelling events in this small former Soviet state onto a Twitter list of newly popular topics, so people around the world could keep track.''

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