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Protesters use Twitter to galvanise forces

By Tim Bradshaw

Published: April 1 2009 03:31 | Last updated: April 1 2009 03:31

Anti-capitalist protesters are turning to social networking sites such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to co-ordinate their activities around the G20 meetings.

Many protest groups already use the internet to co-ordinate their activities, but the popularity of social networking websites has made it even easier to publicise campaigns.

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