Mobile phone ringtones for activism and awareness raising

  A post on Lirneasia's site points an interesting story on the use of a ring tone in India to break down the social taboo of using condoms. Created by the BBC World Service Trust, I can't say I like the ring tone but perhaps it appeals to an Indian audience.  You can listen to it and …

New York City clamps down on SMS and mobile phone activism

Mr. Hirsch said that the idea for TXTmob evolved from conversations about how police departments were adopting strategies to counter large-scale marches that converged at a single spot. While preparing for the 2004 political conventions in New York and Boston, some demonstrators decided to plan decentralized protests in which small, mobile groups held rallies and …