Internet Activism

US hacker jailed for 41 months for exposing AT&T security flaw

20 Mar 2013

A US judge has ordered a 41-month prison sentence for a self-described "security research" hacker for breaking into the AT&T online network in a case criticised by digital rights activists.

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Web activist, Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz, found dead at age 26

13 Jan 2013

A co-founder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public has been found dead, authorities confirmed Saturday, prompting an outpouring of grief from prominent voices...

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Naturally yours

2 Nov 2012

Get close to nature with these home furnishings that bring the outside in.

11:23PM

HK policymakers can't ignore online activism

5 Oct 2012

Hong Kong's establishment is struggling to keep up with a new phenomenon: youth activism driven by new social media.

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'Anonymous' member arrested for hack threats

5 Aug 2012

Police arrested a 21-year-old man for posting comments on the internet saying he would hack several government websites.

11:03PM

Volunteers show how to be good neighbours

24 Jun 2012

An online community is helping Hongkongers get to know their neighbours better.

6:22PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Hacker threatens July 1 attacks as protest

A Hong Kong member of the US-based hacking group Anonymous - who claims to have paralysed several government websites with cyber attacks - says he plans similar attacks in Hong Kong and the...

6:01PM

Edward Burtynsky

GROWING UP WITH BIG AUTO In General Motors' heyday, in St Catharines, Ontario, [Canada], where I grew up, more than 100,000 people lived and worked for the company. Now there are fewer than 2,...

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Clampdown on degenerate cadres

Authorities in the prefecture in Hubei where an official was stabbed by a woman he was harassing have ordered a clampdown on officials visiting illegal entertainment venues - especially brothels...

11:51PM

Two reporters beaten as gag on case tightens

Two reporters were beaten in Hubei's Badong county as local authorities sealed off the epicentre of a scandal involving a cadre allegedly killed by a hotel pedicurist.

6:08AM

Support for woman held over killing of official

A police report released yesterday into the stabbing death of a government official by a pedicurist has raised fears that the official and another man will avoid blame.

The case has...

2:11AM

Playground demolition sparks riot

Irate middle school students in Shenqiu county, Henan province , laid siege to the county government office building yesterday after their playground was torn up by a local property development...

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