Activism articles

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  Article

  UNICEF says Facebook 'likes' won't save children's lives

  By Amar Toor on May 3, 2013 07:26 am + 121 comments

  UNICEF has launched a bold advertising campaign that takes direct aim at perhaps the most ubiquitous Continue reading…

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  Feature

  'F.A.T. GOLD': five years of internet thug life and hijacked pop culture

  By Joshua Kopstein on April 15, 2013 08:30 am + 28 comments

  "Release early, often, and with rap music” is the motto of the Free Art & Technology Lab, aka F Continue reading…

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  Article

  Animal cruelty whistleblowers targeted by chilling state laws

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 7, 2013 01:23 pm + 263 comments

  Animal rights activists are at risk of losing their right to covertly film the abuse of farm animals Continue reading…

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  Article

  Why Facebook matters in the fight for gay marriage

  By Russell Brandom on April 2, 2013 03:20 pm + 221 comments

  If you've been on Facebook in the past week, you've probably seen it: the red equals sign. Human Continue reading…

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  Article

  Anonymous uses Twitter to highlight humanitarian crisis in Burma

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 26, 2013 12:57 pm + 13 comments

  The formless hacktivist collective Anonymous, which often hits the news for hacking governments, big Continue reading…

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  Article

  Google and Eric Schmidt go to Burma to promote internet freedom

  By Carl Franzen on March 22, 2013 06:36 pm + 37 comments

  The Southeast Asian nation Burma (also known as Myanmar) has historically had some of the most Continue reading…

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  Article

  Anonymous keeps Westboro Baptist Church from picketing Aaron Swartz funeral

  By Amar Toor on January 16, 2013 06:44 am + 102 comments

  The Westboro Baptist Church had plans to stage a protest at the funeral of revered online activist Continue reading…

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  Article

  James Bond-like weapons retrieved from failed North Korean assassin

  By Justin Rubio on November 26, 2012 01:30 pm + 80 comments

  Three deadly and otherwise undetectable weapons were found on the body of a would-be North Korean Continue reading…

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  Article

  One year later, Occupy's struggle to survive in a surveillance state

  By Joshua Kopstein on September 19, 2012 01:00 pm + 90 comments

  About fifty protesters were rounding the corner as I approached the intersection of Broadway and Continue reading…

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  Article

  At HOPE, spies and the hackers who spy on them

  By Joshua Kopstein on July 20, 2012 01:57 pm + 6 comments

  With a plethora of provocatively-titled talks like "Twitter Revolution Meets Surveillance State: Now Continue reading…