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Control Arms -- Using Mobiles for Petition Campaign

January 20, 2006 | KatrinVerclas

file under:
human rights, mobile activism, petition campaign

Control Arms, a joint campaign of Oxfam, Amnesty, and Iansa, is running the 'Million Faces' campaign to push for an international arms trade treaty. Mobile users can upload teir picture and join the petition via their mobile phones in the UK (curiously this is not mentioned anywhere on the site..)

Here is how it works: To join the call for an international arms treaty on a mobile phone, participants text the word 'petition' followed by their full name to a number in the UK (84118) and their name is automatically added to the Million Faces petition. Alternatively, they can upload their picture (to 07955 474747) with their name and age and their photo will be added to the petition.