Technology can be used for good and bad. Who knew? But more seriously, an article this long, addressing this question should have looked at recent events like t

Technology can be used for good and bad. Who knew? But more seriously, an article this long, addressing this question should have looked at recent events like the Orange Revolution in Ukraine as a counterpoint: Text messaging played an integral role in Ukraine's pro-democracy protests in late 2004 and early 2005, known as the "Orange Revolution." As in the Philippines, protesters used mobiles to help organize a massive protest against fraudulent election results, which eventually led to a re-vote. Hundreds of thousands of voters -- particularly young people -- were able to coordinate their activities through the use of SMS. Gene J. Koprowski, of United Press International, writes, "The court-ordered election rematch in Ukraine this past Sunday, featuring opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, probably would not have happened were it not for mobile phone technologies." From http://mobileactive.org/mobiles-in-mass-organizing http://mobileactive.org/mobiles-in-mass-organizing More from the BBC: Text message-obsessed Filipinos used SMS to help bring down President Joseph Estrada in 2001. Organisers say text messages accelerated the scandal-ridden Estrada's exit by two months to two years. In March, opposition leaders in Lebanon used telephones, e-mail and text messaging to organise massive anti-Syrian protests after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4496163.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4496163.stm