Maybe the Most Orwellian Text Message a Government’s Ever Sent

“‘Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.’  That’s a text message that thousands of Ukrainian protesters spontaneously received on their cell phones today, as a new law prohibiting public demonstrations went into effect. It was the regime’s police force, sending protesters the perfectly dystopian text message to accompany the newly minted, perfectly dystopian legislation. The NY Times reports that the ‘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.’ Near. Using a cell phone near a clash lands you on the regime’s hit list.”

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/maybe-the-most-orwellian-text-message-ever-sent

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