To my knowledge this is the first time that political activism from a virtual world was copied in a real world scenario.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Virtual World "Activism" inspires pro-Kremlin Political Action
something strange, innovative and remarkably funny happened the other day at a news conference by the former chess world champion Kasparov. While he was talking to the press about the Russian opposition movement, he was disturbed by a remote controlled mini-helicopter modified to look like a penis. Now this is strange "panorama" news which i wouldn't mention on my blog. What makes this intervention truly unique is that the young pro-kremlin activists took that idea from an earlier incident in SecondLife where a group of anti-capitalist hackers disturbed a press conference by in-world real-estate tycoon Anshe Chung.

To my knowledge this is the first time that political activism from a virtual world was copied in a real world scenario.
To my knowledge this is the first time that political activism from a virtual world was copied in a real world scenario.
Labels:
cyberspace,
kasparov,
russia,
second life,
video
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