Posted on Monday 10 September 2007
From Indymedia:
To get news from the streets during the various protests against DSEi text the message: follow streets
to 07624801423
you will receive a confirmation message , to which you must reply to with a username of your choice.
You will not be charged to receive the news alerts but you will pay for the two texts you send to sign up.
News will be taken from the DSEi website and the indymedia newswire and sent out as SMS alerts.
All reports are limited to 140 characters. Examples of the kind of bulletins to expect or to report include:
“Five people locked on to root of train at canning town DLR, police have closed station.”
“Spontaneous street party has started outside Customs House DLR, sound system and around 100 people. No police yet.”
“Police road block at east end of Victoria Dock road. People being searched. Reports or arrests.”
“Banner drop off roof on south side of the Excel building. Police helicopter circling above.”
The system depends on people like you ‘being the media’ and reporting news to websites and services like indymedia. Look out for reporting numbers and remember to cover the basics – where, when, what, who, why
The SMS alert system is based on a service provided by a company in California. It’s the same service used for SMS news alerts during the climate camp. The privacy policy (
http://twitter.com/help/privacy) states that the company would hand over information to the authorities if requested to do so. Do not sign up (or use clean phone) if you have any reason not want your phone number associated with any of the events and news likely to be covered by this service.
For more detailed without the need to subscribe your phone number, or another way to report news, consider making use of the mobile indymedia portal ( http://mobile.indymedia.org.uk) if you are able to do so.