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"Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance" – that was the text message received by thousands of protestors in Kiev, Ukraine when they awoke on Tuesday morning."Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance" – that was the text message received by thousands of protestors in Kiev, Ukraine when they awoke on Tuesday morning.
It sounds like something out of George Orwell's 1984, a message thought to be from authorities (though the sender appeared only as '111') and sent out on mass to the public warning of civil disobedience and presuming their cooperation in the matter. It sounds like something out of George Orwell's 1984, a message
In fact, 'subscribers' may not even have been protesters but those simply in proximity to the rallies in the Ukrainian capital, with the New York Times reporting: "Ukrainian government used telephone technology to pinpoint the locations of cell phones in use near clashes between riot police officers and protesters early on Tuesday." thought to be from authorities (though the sender appeared only as
'111') and sent out on mass to the public warning of civil
disobedience and presuming their cooperation in the matter.
In fact, 'subscribers' may not even have been protesters but
those simply in proximity to the rallies in the Ukrainian capital,
with the New York Times reporting: "Ukrainian government used
telephone technology to pinpoint the locations of cell phones in
use near clashes between riot police officers and protesters early
on Tuesday."
The Guardian reports that the country's Interior Ministry denies
sending the SMS messages, but recipients remain unconvinced, with
one demonstrator telling the publication: "I think these texts are
stupid and are targeting people who are easily scared. They are not
going to scare off the people who are already protesting."
A clergyman opposes riot police in Kiev during a rally Ukrainians have been taking to the streets in their millions to
The Guardian reports that the country's Interior Ministry denies sending the SMS messages, but recipients remain unconvinced, with one demonstrator telling the publication: "I think these texts are stupid and are targeting people who are easily scared. They are not going to scare off the people who are already protesting." protest President Yanukovych's decision to back out of EU trade
Ukrainians have been taking to the streets in their millions to protest President Yanukovych's decision to back out of EU trade plans this week,  with thousands occupying Kiev's Independence Square and clashing with police. plans this week,  with thousands occupying Kiev's Independence
Square and clashing with police.
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