Young Protesters in Hong Kong Have Found an Ingenious Way Around Cyber Censors

FireChat app lets them talk off the grid

As Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" enters a dangerous phase, government censors are clamping down on social media sites used to communicate images of the protest to mainland China.

Thousands of young pro-democracy activists, camped out under umbrellas to ward off humidity and tear gas, filled the streets and surrounded government buildings today. And as the mainland government and police warn of chaos unless the protestors give up their demands, there also is a battle being fought in the digital trenches.

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