<P> Texting has been used on a number of occasions with the result of the gathering of large aggressive crowds . SMS messaging drew a crowd to Cronulla Beach in Sydney resulting in the 2005 Cronulla riots . Not only were text messages circulating in the Sydney area, but in other states as well (Daily Telegraph). The volume of such text messages and e-mails also increased in the wake of the riot . The crowd of 5000 at stages became violent, attacking certain ethnic groups . Sutherland Shire Mayor directly blamed heavily circulated SMS messages for the unrest . NSW police considered whether people could be charged over the texting . Retaliatory attacks also used SMS . </P> <P> The Narre Warren Incident, when a group of 500 party goers attended a party at Narre Warren in Melbourne, Australia, and rioted in January 2008, also was a response of communication being spread by SMS and Myspace . Following the incident, the Police Commissioner wrote an open letter asking young people to be aware of the power of SMS and the Internet . In Hong Kong, government officials find that text messaging helps socially because they can send multiple texts to the community . Officials say it is an easy way of contacting community or individuals for meetings or events . Texting was used to coordinate gatherings during the 2009 Iranian election protests . </P> <P> Between 2009 and 2012 the U.S. secretly created and funded a Twitter - like service for Cubans called ZunZuneo, initially based on mobile phone text message service and later with an internet interface . The service was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development through its Office of Transition Initiatives, who utiliized contractors and front companies in the Cayman Islands, Spain and Ireland . A longer term objective was to organize "smart mobs" that might "renegotiate the balance of power between the state and society ." A database about the subscribers was created, including gender, age, and "political tendencies". At its peak ZunZuneo had 40,000 Cuban users, but the service closed as financially unsustainable when U.S. funding was stopped . </P> <P> Text messaging has affected the political world . American campaigns find that text messaging is a much easier, cheaper way of getting to the voters than the door - to - door approach . Mexico's president - elect Felipe Calderón launched millions of text messages in the days immediately preceding his narrow win over Andres Manuel Lopez Obradór . In January 2001, Joseph Estrada was forced to resign from the post of president of the Philippines . The popular campaign against him was widely reported to have been co-ordinated with SMS chain letters . A massive texting campaign was credited with boosting youth turnout in Spain's 2004 parliamentary elections . In 2008, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his Chief of Staff at the time became entangled in a sex scandal stemming from the exchange of over 14,000 text messages that eventually led to his forced resignation, conviction of perjury, and other charges . Text messaging has been used to turn down other political leaders . During the 2004 U.S. Democratic and Republican National Conventions, protesters used an SMS - based organizing tool called TXTmob to get to opponents . In the last day before the 2004 presidential elections in Romania, a message against Adrian Năstase was largely circulated, thus breaking the laws that prohibited campaigning that day . Text messaging has helped politics by promoting campaigns . </P>

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