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No more secrets! Cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the new era of total surveillance

By Jesse Hicks on January 17, 2013 12:15 pm + 31 comments

Just two years ago, Andy Greenberg had an hours-long interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Continue reading…
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Anonymous petitions the White House to make DDoS attacks a legal form of protesting

By Ben Kersey on January 9, 2013 05:14 pm + 63 comments

Anonymous has set up a WhiteHouse.gov online petition to try and make distributed denial of service Continue reading…
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FBI monitored Occupy Wall Street like a potential terrorist threat

By Jeff Blagdon on December 29, 2012 09:50 pm + 175 comments

Recently released government documents show that last year's violent breakup of Occupy Wall Street Continue reading…
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Occupy protestor sentenced after subpoenaed tweets prove guilt

By Aaron Souppouris on December 13, 2012 04:42 am + 45 comments

Brooklyn-based writer Malcolm Harris has been sentenced to community service after his tweets showed Continue reading…
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'V for Vendetta' author pens essay on the socio-political role of comics

By Justin Rubio on December 7, 2012 11:27 am + 5 comments

Alan Moore — the world-renowned creator of comics like V for Vendetta and Watchmen — has scribed Continue reading…
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Occupy protestor will plead guilty to keep subpoenaed tweets under wraps

By Sam Byford on December 5, 2012 10:50 pm + 26 comments

Malcolm Harris, the 23-year-old Occupy Wall Street protestor whose deleted tweets had been at the Continue reading…
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Occupy Wall Street offshoot to buy and abolish millions of dollars of debt for the 99 percent

By Sam Byford on November 15, 2012 09:44 pm + 195 comments

Personal debt is a huge problem in the US, but some Occupy Wall Street alumni think they have a Continue reading…
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Twitter hands over Occupy protestor's tweets (update: asks court to wait for appeal decision)

By Chris Welch on September 14, 2012 12:22 pm + 31 comments

After months of resistance, Twitter has reportedly agreed to provide the Manhattan District Continue reading…
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Watch this: 'Free the Network' documentary

By Jeff Blagdon on April 1, 2012 06:39 am + 27 comments

Motherboard has released its feature documentary, Free the Network, which takes a look at the work Continue reading…
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'Free the Network' trailer: from hacker activism to a user-controlled internet

By Jeff Blagdon on March 2, 2012 08:58 am + 13 comments

"Most people look at the internet as magic, they don't care to acknowledge the actual physical Continue reading…