We talk a lot about building online movements around here, so this piece on the Times of London’s tech blog caught my eye. Facebook protest movements have been easily parodied as “passive” - but we’re all aware of the role that social networks played in the election of Barack Obama.

The Times’ Murat Ahmed, once an intern at Westminster himself, seems prepared to give some credence to online protests, at least to their ability to make UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (or her poor interns) miserable with a deluge of email. A Facebook group - comprised of those unhappy with proposed new legislation on expanding internet surveillance - is urging its members to cc: Smith on every piece of email they send. The cleverly passive-aggressive subtext: “you want to see our emails? Ok then, here they are!”

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