Toppling a President

May 15, 2001

"ERAP MUST resign now!" This was the sort of message Filipino cell phone owners were sending via the short message service (SMS) last January. Although the messages are short, the implications of SMS are far-reaching. Remember, it's not just the sending of one message to another cell phone, it's the fact that this same message can be forwarded on to owners of other cell phones as well. The accumulation of messages such as this—as well as other

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