In January 2001, Joseph Estrada the
president of Philippines was forced to resign . The popular campaign against
him was broadly reported to have been co-ordinated with SMS chain letters.
In July 2001, Malaysia's government decreed
that an Islamic divorce (which consists of saying "I divorce you"
three times in succession) was not taken valid sent by short message.
In the wake of the 2004 Madrid train
bombings, SMS was taken in use garner up support for large protest rallies.
it became called as"night of short text messages"
