The DDoS actions, hacktivism, and civil disobedience on the Internet Sauter, Molly. creator Zuckerman, Ethan 1973- prologuista text bibliography nyu New York London Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsburg Publishing Inc. 2014 monographic eng

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xv, 168 p. ; 21 cm "What is Hacktivism? In The Coming Swarm, Molly Sauter examines the history, development, theory, and practice of distributed denial of service actions as a tactic of political activism. The internet is a vital arena of communication, self expression, and interpersonal organizing. When there is a message to convey, words to get out, or people to unify, many will turn to the internet as a theater for that activity. As familiar and widely accepted activist tools-petitions, fundraisers, mass letter-writing, call-in campaigns and others-find equivalent practices in the online space, is there also room for the tactics of disruption and civil disobedience that are equally familiar from the realm of street marches, occupations, and sit-ins? With a historically grounded analysis, and a focus on early deployments of activist DDOS as well as modern instances to trace its development over time, The Coming Swarm uses activist DDOS actions as the foundation of a larger analysis of the practice of disruptive civil disobedience on the internet. -- Introduction -- 1. DDoS and Civil Disobedience in historical context -- 2. Blockades and blockages: DDoS as direct action -- 3. Which way to the #press channel? DDoS as media manipulation -- 4. Show me what an activist looks like: DDoS as a method of biographical impact -- 5. Identity, anonymity, and responsibility: DDoS and the personal -- 6. LOIC will tear us apart: DDoS tool development and design -- 7. Against The Man: state and corporate responses to DDoS actions -- Conclusion: The future of DDoS. Molly Sauter ; Foreword by Ethan Zuckerman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Internet Political aspects Denial of service attacks Political aspects Hacktivism Civil disobedience Cyberspace Political aspects Internet Aspectos políticos Hackers (Informática) Resistencia civil HM 851 S261c 2014 302.23/1 9781623568221 (hardback) 1623568226 (hardback) 9781623564568 (paperback) 1623564565 (paperback) 140722 20230410115823.0 spa