March 25, 2003
SMS messages urge consumers to boycott US products
Stories are starting to emerge from around the world, on SMS campaigns encouraging consumers to boycott US products, singling out Kentucky Fried Chicken and MacDonalds.
Finns have been receing SMS messages in recent days calling for a consumer boycott aimed at the United States as a protest against the war in Irak. They seem to be issued by individuals or peace groups and other citizens' organisations (cf Helsingin Sanomat).
The African Christian Democratic Party on Monday came out publicly to condemn a texting campaign calling for South Africans to boycott American products in protest against the war in Iraq. "This country needs direct foreign investment, and this irresponsible protest would be destructive, harming South Africans more than anyone else", ACDP MP Zwelethu Madasa said in a statement, reported in iafrica.com.
In Qatar, where US General Tommy Franks directs the war in Iraq, locals have used SMS to unleash anti-American protests and a boycott of American and British products, according to the Taipei Times.
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