protests
Cameras

Watch Police Shoot Down A Drone Flying Over Istanbul

The tension in Turkey is quickly approaching its breaking point as thousands of protesters gear up for a third week occupying Istanbul’s Gezi Park. This being the modern age, where computers fit in our pockets and everybody’s a potential terrorist, some locals decided to take their little camera-enabled, radio-controlled quadcopter for a spin. This, again, being the modern age, police promptly shot it down. And yes, a drone was harmed in the making of this movie.

11 January 2013

Online

Anonymous Wants DDoS Recognised As An Official Form Of Protest

The Anonymous hacking collective has petitioned the White House, using the US government’s open forum to ask for DDoS attacks to be registered as an official form of complaint — and requesting the convictions of previous DDoS attackers be wiped from their records.

26 October 2012

mobile

Is It Immoral To Own An iPhone 5?

So many things are made in China: DVD players, handbags, adorable shoes, kitchen gadgets, watches, t-shirts, laptops and more. Some of them are made in happy, shiny factories. Some are born out of deplorable labour conditions that ruin and cost lives. We usually don’t know which is which.

13 June 2012

Geek Out

US Army Pays People To Riot

How does the US Army know if its less-than-lethal armaments are effective without being deadly? Live fire training exercises employing a mob of volunteers, of course.

7 June 2012

Online

Animal Rights Group PETA Launches XXX Site

Today, animal rights advocacy group PETA, known for its provocative ad campaigns, finally launched the long-awaited peta.xxx adult website.

18 May 2012

News

Is Hacking More Effective Than Protesting In Person?

The Chicago Police Department has reportedly been hacked in advance of the NATO Summit in the city this weekend. Thousands of protesters are expected to show up, and the police are bracing themselves for riots. Why travel to Chicago when you can protest from the comfort of your home?

17 May 2012

News

Greenpeace Invades Apple’s Headquarters

Earlier this morning, Greenpeace launched a full offensive against Apple’s Cupertino headquarters. First, in the middle of the night, they projected messages onto the main façade of Infinite Loop. Later, they placed an Apple-branded pod right on the door, inside Apple’s property.

26 April 2012

News

Angry Women Storming Facebook’s New York HQ Today

Mark Zuckerberg. Marc Andreessen. David Sze. Jim Breye. Peter Thiel. Notice anything about these names? They’re all men! The advocates at womens’ group UltraViolet are not pleased with Facebook’s board of directors — and they’re protesting this afternoon.

10 February 2012

News

Tiny Foxconn Protest Storms Apple Store

There was supposed to be a protest at Apple’s monstrous architectural annex in New York’s Grand Central Station today. If you weren’t looking for it, you’d would’ve only seen the usual commuter hell. But the protestors showed up. Four of them.

20 January 2012

Online

PIPA Support Collapses

Yesterday was, it turns out, a good day: so far, 18 senators previously in favour of PIPA now oppose it, seven of whom were former co-sponsors of the act.

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