Coined in 1998 by members of the hacker collective named Omega, ‘Hacktivist’ refers to using (legally or not) Internet tools for political activism i.e. hacking + activism.  According to Julian Assange the earliest known instance of hacktivism,
Transmission is a network of citizen journalists, video makers, artists, researchers, programmers and web producers who are developing online video distribution tools for social justice and media democracy.
OpenWatch is a network-enabled authority recorder! With this app, you can secretly record video and audio whenever you are dealing with an authority figure, and then anonymously upload it to the OpenWatch.net server to expose use and abuse of power!
The guide provides a wealth of information on Twitter activism. It begins with an introduction to the platform (p. 5) and its terminology (p. 6) and then lays out five uses of Twitter for activists, each illustrated by a case study (p. 6-11). The guide then presents a step-by-step strategy for using Twitter for political and social change (p. 12) along with a list of do’s and don’ts (p. 14) for campaigners. The guide ends with additional resources for Twitterers, such as applications that help you use Twitter (p. 16), further reading (p. 20), and even alternatives to Twitter (p. 18).
iTunes Music Store. Facelift for a corrupt industry.
