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Hacktivism

...on the Internet, the code is the law.
-- Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School professor

Hacktivism is the writing of code, or otherwise manipulating bits, to promote political ideology. Taking Lessig's message to heart, hacktivism believes that proper use of code will have leveraged effects similar to regular activism (or civil disobedience). Fewer people can write code, but code affects more people.

Freenet is a prime example of translating political thought (anyone should be able to speak) into code.

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Attrition Web Page Hack Mirror
Attrition's list of mirrors of site hacks.
http://www.attrition.org/mirror/

The Hacktivist
Examining hacktivism and electronic civil disobedience.
http://thehacktivist.com/

Introduction to Hacktivism
An introduction to the fundamental concepts of hacktivism by the Collusion Group.
http://www.collusion.org/Article.cfm?ID=109

Electronic Civil Disobedience and the World Wide Web of Hacktivism
A 'Mapping of Extraparliamentarian Direct Action Net Politics' cultural theory conference paper by Stefan Wray.
http://switch.sjsu.edu/web/v4n2/stefan/

Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism
Paper by Dorothy Denning on "The Internet as a Tool for Influencing Foreign Policy" for a foreign policy decisionmaking workshop
http://www.totse.com/en/technology/cyberspace_the_new_frontier/cyberspc.html



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