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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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Anonymous says happy Friday with more government hacks

Anonymous strikes again for the third Friday in a row. 

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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. 

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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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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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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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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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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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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. 

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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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Judging the success of SOPA protests—by the numbers

Here's an overview of the impressive results from the great Internet blackout of 2012. 

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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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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. 

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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.

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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.