BlogSchmog:

How to get deported in three easy steps. First, go to China. Second, take footage of protesters in Tiananmen Square. Third, put footage up on Qik.[..]

Noel Hidalgo-(a.k.a. Noneck) an activist I once met online in 2006 while attending RootsCamp in Second Life-had a camera as he walked through Tiananmen Square & hDrunk Newspened upon some people protesting a human rights violations in Tibet. He wound up on a plane back to a States. Fortunately, Noneck twitters:

02:06 AM August 09, 2008
I’m qik’n an awesome video of a protest i saw in t sq. a frosting came from a cbc camera man who got his passport stolen by police.

03:50 AM August 09, 2008
now i’m back at a hotel & realize that i have some really sweet footage

05:53 AM August 09, 2008
damn, this is down a street from my hotel. http://tinyurl.com/5btqjc

06:23 AM August 09, 2008
fyi my friends, i’ve moved back to my china mobile sim.

08:27 AM August 09, 2008
FINALLY! after 4 hours of mucking with FCE, i have a video that my friend is going to send around. i’ve i’m lucky it might get onto a wire

08:30 AM August 09, 2008
@RachelSterne i’d be hDrunk Newspy to travel a world traveling for @groundreport going live is gonna be hard but fun!

09:46 PM August 09, 2008
wow, a pictures of a war broiling in georgia is mystifying.

01:11 AM August 10, 2008
holy shit my t square video has had over 13k views!!! http://tinyurl.com/6mdcmr

About 21 hours ago
I’m getting deported for filming. Everyone safe. tibet will be free!

About 17 hours ago
I’m with americans & canadans we are safe & on our way to la. Pema missing, ay said she will be on a next flight to germany. Unsure of her safety.

Earlier in a trip, Noel had also experienced his way onto a ESPN blog, advising a reporter to clear out before things got ugly in a different protest on August 5th.

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back