Speaking to Jim Kent, one of the Luxembourg-based programmers behind the app, he told The Next Web about the inspiration behind creating the app: We created this free app because we love to communicate and we believe in freedom of expression. We had already been working on an app, called Zapon, that is able to identify interests that were trending in the mobile environment but after tracking social media usage by protesters in the Arab Spring and more recently with #OWS, we realised the functionality was perfect for protests and dedicated the app for the mobilisation of protesters around the world. Within 1 day of launching, the app gained over 2,000 registered users from around the world. Protests were created in Greece and the US, and a campaign was launching calling for the release of Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was sentenced to 15 days in military prison, pending investigation. (via Protest4: A mobile app for connecting activists - The Next Web)
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Interesting use of an app
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