Fighting the Mafia with Social Networking
Lee on Jan 13 2008 at 9:31 pm | Filed under: Around the Web, Foreign affairs, Society, Technology
In a bottom-up rebellion in Sicily, a group of Palermo youths have started a social networking site called Addiopizzo, which provides public attention and mutual support for Sicilian businesses which publicly refuse to pay the mafia “protection” money. Evidently it’s starting to deplete the mob of what has long been its most stable revenue source.
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