Revolution in Moldova sparked by Twitter.

According the NYT, on Tuesday, more than 10,000 young Moldovans gathered out of nowhere to protest against Moldova’s Communist leadership. According to the report, the crowed ransacked government buildings and clashing with the police.

The riot of young people "reflected the deep generation gap that has developed in Moldova, and the protesters used their generation’s tools, gathering the crowd by enlisting text-messaging, Facebook and Twitter, the social messaging network."

The protesters created their own searchable tag on Twitter, rallying Moldovans to join and propelling events in this small former Soviet state onto a Twitter list of newly popular topics, so people around the world could keep track.

Apparently, the riot was quite strong as reports say "the seat of government had been badly battered and scores of people had been injured." Though, riot police did regain control of the president’s offices and Parliament the next day.

"After hundreds of firsthand accounts flooded onto the Internet via Twitter, Internet service in Chisinau, the capital, was abruptly cut off"

“Moldova is like a sealed jar, and youth want more access to Europe,” he said. “Everyone knows that Moldova is the smallest, poorest and the most disgraceful country. And youth are talking about how they want freedom, Europe and a different life.” Young people have increasingly used the Internet to mobilize politically; cellphones and text messages helped swell protests in Ukraine in 2004, and in Belarus in 2006.