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  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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  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…

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  UK Lulzsec members charged over DDoS attacks: two plead guilty, two claim innocence

  By Evan Rodgers on June 25, 2012 04:05 pm + 15 comments

  Two Lulzsec members from the UK, Ryan Cleary, 20, and Jake Davis, 19, have pleaded guilty to charges Continue reading…

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  The Internet Defense League will let anyone with a web presence become a digital activist

  By Bryan Bishop on May 26, 2012 06:57 pm + 13 comments

  Earlier this year a number of high-profile websites went dark as a form of digital protest against Continue reading…

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  One's Street Tweeter paints your political statements on the pavement

  By Bryan Bishop on May 17, 2012 03:02 am + 7 comments

  We've seen tweets printed out and read aloud, but what about tweets painted onto asphalt? That's Continue reading…

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  5 Minutes on The Verge: Irin Carmon

  By Joseph L. Flatley on March 15, 2012 12:05 pm + 11 comments

  Irin Carmon is a journalist and commentator whose work has appeared in publications including J Continue reading…

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  Former senator and MPAA CEO Chris Dodd speaks out against SOPA blackouts

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 18, 2012 10:49 am + 109 comments

  The MPAA has taken notice of the many websites blacking out their content today in protest of SOPA, Continue reading…

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  The SOPA blackout: Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, Google, and many others protest proposed law

  By Vlad Savov on January 18, 2012 12:10 am + 169 comments

  Two new laws proposed by US legislators, the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, have been Continue reading…

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  White House raises concern over DNS-blocking bills; House tables SOPA vote until 'consensus' is reached

  By T.C. Sottek on January 14, 2012 03:45 pm + 30 comments

  Today the Obama Administration issued a statement on the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect-IP Continue reading…

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  Reddit plans January 18 blackout to oppose SOPA

  By T.C. Sottek on January 11, 2012 07:56 am + 60 comments

  Some opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act have wondered if any of the larger websites will c Continue reading…