Occupy, Digital Activism and Social Hacking

Glenn Hirsch
2:41pm
November 14, 2011

On the NetSquared blog, Alicja Pezkowska of our Warsaw-based team, Fundacja TechSoup, has been watching the Occupy/Indignantes/M-15 movement spread worldwide and has taken a critical look at the role of social media in the spread of these closely related global phenomena. Here is a sample of her observations:

In this new digital language, activism is defined as social hacking. Even though the manifestations seem spontaneous, they are carefully organized, and based on excellent internal communications. You need to be fluent in order to succeed. Guides on how to bypass censorship as well as mobile tactics for participants of peaceful assemblies are being published and translated to different languages using the Wikipedia/Booksprint model by How To Occupy – GrassRoot Practises for Global Change.

You can read the post here.

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