http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/15/report-belarusian-mo.html
Mobile phone companies gave the Belarus government a list of mobile phone clients who were near a demonstration there. This is a warning to activists in less democratic countries to consider this before you go to a demonstration. If you have your phone with you, your provider has a record of which cell tower you were near. The best solution, I suppose, would be to leave your phone at home.
This demonstrates that the tools that make ICA easy are not friendly tools in all ways.
I wonder what Verizon or AllTel would do if they were subpoenaed for such information here in the U.S.?
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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