Political hacktivism: tool of the underdog or scourge of cyberspace?

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Title:	Political hacktivism: tool of the underdog or scourge of cyberspace?
Author(s):	Caroline Auty, (Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER), Department of Information Science, City University, London, UK)
Citation:	Caroline Auty, (2004) "Political hacktivism: tool of the underdog or scourge of cyberspace?", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 56 Iss: 4, pp.212 - 221
Keywords:	Internet, Politics, Worldwide web
Article type:	Literature review / Viewpoint
DOI:	10.1108/00012530410549240 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Using the Internet as a means of registering discontent with politicians, policies and groups is a growing phenomenon. There are various ways of manifesting protest on the Internet, including building protest sites, cyber-squatting, defacing Web sites and organising denial of service attacks. Some of these methods are extremely effective, being cheap to use and requiring limited technical ability. Others err on the wrong side of the law and involve full-scale hacking. Overall, hacktivism can be a productive part of the political process.