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Anonymous says happy Friday with more government hacks
Anonymous strikes again for the third Friday in a row.
Why Reddit is the new political soapbox
In the age of Reddit, political conversations teeter between thoughtful discussions on the war on drugs to cartoon emoticons, but earning upvotes isn't as easy as simply showing up.
Reddit Digest: February 2, 2011
Internet bogeyman Rep. Lamar Smith continues to outrage redditors.
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.
Hackers win two rounds against UFC chief
Dana White & Co. messed with the wrong geeks.
Europe signs ACTA treaty despite protests
Critics and activists decry pro-copyright measures in trade agreement as threats to Internet freedom.
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.
The week's best Reddit Q&As
Surprisingly, the IAmA interview that didn't go medieval was the one about the breast implants.
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.
Reddit Digest: January 23, 2012
Today on Reddit, users track down a San Francisco tourist and spot a suspicious car in Utah.
SOPA headed for complete rewrite
Rep. Lamar Smith, who championed the controversial antipiracy bill, now says "we need to revisit the approach."
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.
GOP candidates slam SOPA
During the South Carolina debate on Thursday, the remaining GOP presidential candidates took turns taking down the Stop Online Piracy Act.
Megaupload shuts down after indictments
Opponents of draconian antipiracy laws have their first martyr.
Dot Dot Dot: The Internet needs a leader
The Internet has proven it’s a real community. What do we do now?
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.
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."
Judging the success of SOPA protests—by the numbers
Here's an overview of the impressive results from the great Internet blackout of 2012.
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.
When Reddit's down, there's always Twitter
Go on, tell everyone how you feel about Ron Paul on #altreddit.
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.
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.
Zuckerberg challenges SOPA on Facebook
Facebook's founder became the latest Internet titan to speak out against the legislation with a personal note posted on his page.
Exclusive interview: Reddit's most famous homegrown celebrity speaks!
Forthewolfx, famous for being famous on the social news site, shares how he's coping with the SOPA blackout and Reddit fame.
Pinning the SOPA protest to Pinterest
While Pinterest has been surprisingly silent in regards to the Stop Online Piracy Act, some users are turning their pinboards into digital protest signs.
