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How texting helped fuel the anti-austerity protests roiling Europe

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imageProtestors took to the streets in Brussels to send a message. EPA

Protests against austerity continue to roil parts of Europe, most recently in Brussels earlier this month when 100,000 people took to the streets and police deployed water cannons.

This type of public and occasionally violent demonstration has been taking place across Europe since...

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