The article covers the forms of social protest and the link to political influence. It offers a broad view on the different aspects of social protest. Offering various definitions of social protest, its characteristics and the typology made by the degree of violence. The article covers a wide range of protes formst: from personal discontent with a decision up to the harshest form of protest - revolution.  The novelty of the article consists in the analysis of new forms of social protest such as flash-mob. With the development of social networks such means of protest try to replace the traditional forms of protest. Also the examples from Eastern Europe would bring to the attention to the worldwide researchers the case of the Republic of Moldova and its struggle towards political change. The text brings examples from a wide range of regions. From Western Europe to the Baltics, From Eastern Europe up to Middle East a vast number of examples is involved.  The article makes known a unique view on the Moldovan twitter revolution from April 2009. Including a vast quantity of information, a personal analysis and different sources the author explains the influence of new technologies and social media and its influence on the change of the political system.  Analyzing different forms of social protest and different levels of violence it contains, the author comes to conclusion that the best protest is the non-violent one. With the help of word power, different symbolic acts and increased unity among members, achieved by interpersonal communication, even the harshest unfair systems can be changed. By choosing the non-violent approach a protester does not give the upper hand to the state by entering a field where the state has an advantage.