Hacktivists continue to carve out new modes of political action.
Rob Fischer
Rob Fischer is on the editorial staff of The New Yorker. His articles have appeared in The American Prospect, GQ, and Vice.
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Aaron Swartz’s Final Code
The death of an Internet freedom activist points to the future of popular resistance.
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Under Water Pressure
Nearly 400 years after the first Thanksgiving, the Navajo and Hopi are fighting the coal industry for rights to their land.
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The End of the Internet?
As Wikipedia and Google protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a rival bill offers a middle road to protecting copyrights.
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Virtual Justice
The head administrator of Ninja Video is sentenced to 22 months in prison.
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A Ninja in Our Sites
An aggressive federal enforcement effort targets online piracy—and threatens the open Internet.