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How to hijack popular brands on Pinterest for free publicity

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Teens react to Honey Boo Boo Child

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Reddit Digest: February 2, 2011

Internet bogeyman Rep. Lamar Smith continues to outrage redditors.

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Reddit campaigns to unseat House Judiciary Chairman

The social news community is backing Richard Mack, a political unknown, in an attempt to make Congressman Lamar Smith pay for his support of a pro-copyright bill.

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In hacker feud, unwanted pizzas pile up for UFC chief

Watch out: If you tangle with hackers on Twitter, you may find yourself with a lot of pepperoni pies.

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Hackers win two rounds against UFC chief

Dana White & Co. messed with the wrong geeks.

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Europe signs ACTA treaty despite protests

Critics and activists decry pro-copyright measures in trade agreement as threats to Internet freedom.

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YouTube right now! Poland protests ACTA

People in Poland take to the street to protest the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a piece of legislation similar to the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA. 

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ACTA might threaten free speech on the Web—and there's nothing you can do about it

Critics argue that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement circumvents democratic systems and that the vague language in the agreement could hinder the rights of Internet users. 

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The week's best Reddit Q&As

Surprisingly, the IAmA interview that didn't go medieval was the one about the breast implants.

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Reddit Digest: January 24, 2011

With the Stop Online Piracy Act postponed indefinitely, redditors turn their attention to Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.  

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Anonymous continues to avenge Megaupload shutdown

While the attacks lacked a clear message, the hactivist collective demonstrated its abilities over the weekend by taking down the website for CBS and hacking several prominent Twitter accounts. 

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Reddit Digest: January 23, 2012

Today on Reddit, users track down a San Francisco tourist and spot a suspicious car in Utah. 

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Did the retaliatory Anonymous hack hurt SOPA protests?

Many media outlets speculated that the revenge hack by Anonymous in response to the feds taking down Megaupload will hurt SOPA protests. Will they?

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SOPA headed for complete rewrite

Rep. Lamar Smith, who championed the controversial antipiracy bill, now says "we need to revisit the approach."

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Upvote: This week on Reddit, the fight against SOPA continues

It may look like business as usual on Reddit now, but this past week was anything but that for the social news site. 

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Reddit Digest: January 20, 2012

Today on Reddit, anti-SOPA Senator Ron Wyden offers his thanks to the social news site, while other users ponder the implications of the MegaUpload shutdown. 

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Megaupload shuts down after indictments

Opponents of draconian antipiracy laws have their first martyr.

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Dot Dot Dot: The Internet needs a leader

The Internet has proven it’s a real community. What do we do now?

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The Pirate Bay drops anchor on SOPA

An official statement released by The Pirate Bay has redditors, in particular, questioning the current state of the entertainment industry. 

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Wikipedia continues the fight against SOPA

In a thankful message to its users, Wikipedia said as the site "went dark, you've directed your energy to protecting it." 

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Should Twitter have gone dark today?

While other sites went dark to protest the Stop Online Privacy Act and the Protect IP Act, Twitter stayed operational.

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Video-game community aims to shoot down SOPA

From Minecraft to Yogscast, the video-game community mostly hates legislation that video-game industry lobbyists have championed.

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When Reddit's down, there's always Twitter

Go on, tell everyone how you feel about Ron Paul on #altreddit.

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Why LiveJournal didn't go black today

The blogging community preferred to let its users speak out—as they do every day on the site.

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YouTubers demonstrate the potential effects of SOPA

Instead of simply going dark, some YouTube users are finding ways to creatively protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. 

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The Hater: Don't everybody black out at once

Five websites that should have gone dark today, but didn't, from Thought Catalog to Klout and worse.