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"A neat combination of online and offline protesting took place in London today, as thousands of people who had signed an online petition were transformed into little cardboard characters and placed outside the Houses of Parliament.\r\n\r\nThe petition and 'protest' were organised by the Fairtrade Foundation, and called on Prime Minister David Cameron to prioritize the rights of smallholder farmers in his trade policy in the run up to June's G8 Summit. The cardboard figures, one for each signature on the petition, were created using Mint Digital's Foldable.Me service which, as we've previously reported, allows users to create a customized cardboard character in their own likeness.\r\n\r\nThe Fairtrade Foundation\u00A0says the total number topped 8,000.\u00A0Those of you with an eye for British celebrities may recognize a few in the swarming ranks in the photos below.\r\n\r\nSure, this was largely an eye-catching media stunt, but it does make us wonder what other ways technology could be used to make a point when protesting. We've already seen an app to help protesters avoid police 'kettling'.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nImage credits: AFP / Getty Images: 1, 2,\u00A03,"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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