curt-hopkins

Curt Hopkins


Curt Hopkins has over two decades of experience as a journalist, editorial strategist, and social media manager. His work has been published by Ars Technica, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle. He is the also founding director of the Committee to Protect Bloggers, the first organization devoted to global free speech rights for bloggers

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Greek neo-Nazi group relaunches its North American website

Golden Dawn, a far-right anti-immigration party in Greece, quietly reopened the U.S. version of its website, which had previously been taken down by Anonymous.

On Jan 29, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Occupy group fights New Orleans’ Super Bowl “clean zone”

New Orleans-based groups are pushing back against free speech restrictions the city has imposed during the run-up to Super Bowl XLVII.

On Jan 28, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Anonymous installs Asteroids on U.S. government websites

The '80s arcade classic is being used as a form of protest in Operation Last Resort, a hacker protest in honor of recently-deceased Web activist Aaron Swartz.

On Jan 28, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Berliners smash spycams in a real-life protest game

“Camover” is a game played with hammers and high tech. The rules: Smash as many cameras as you can.

On Jan 28, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Alleged Anonymous “Warhead” actually a dud

As part of Operation Last Resort, the hacktivist collective released a series of hundreds of names and addresses attributed to the Witness Protection Program.

On Jan 27, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Do LOLcats date back to the Middle Ages?

That's the case philologist Nicole Eddy is trying to make. 

On Jan 25, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Did Pompeii create the first social network?

There's some evididence that the walls of the houses and apartment insulae in the Italian city created the original form of social networkings—right down to the practice of bandwidth throttling.

On Jan 24, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Google report reveals how U.S. government obtains users’ data

Google's latest transparency report breaks down government information requests by method, showing how many subpoenas and search warrants have been filed to get access to Google users' information.

On Jan 23, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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White House announces National Day of Civic Hacking

On June 1 and 2, developers will unite in cities across the U.S. to solve problems in their local communities.

On Jan 23, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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WikiLeaks claims Aaron Swartz as a source

A week after the Web activist died, WikiLeaks ran Aaron Swartz’s corpse up the Twitter flagpole to see who would salute.

On Jan 22, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Cuba connects to the Internet (yes, in 2013)

Cuba continues to have one of the most restrictive Internet regimes in the world, rivaling North Korea.

On Jan 21, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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How to protect your photos on Twitter

A judge has ruled that photos can't just be lifted from Twitter users' pages, but apparently embedded tweets are in a convenient loophole. What to do?

On Jan 21, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Bradley Manning’s defense barred from arguing motive

WikiLeaks informant and Army private Bradley Manning won't be allowed to employ a "whistleblower defense," a military judge ruled in a pretrial hearing.

On Jan 18, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Java exploits sell for $5,000 on the Internet’s seedy black market

Yet another reason to disable Java in your browser now.

On Jan 18, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Indonesia protests judge’s rape “joke” on Facebook, Twitter

A judge up for a seat on Indonesia's high court is now likely to be rejected after a massive social media outcry over a rape joke he told at his confirmation hearing.

On Jan 17, 2013 by Curt Hopkins