Digital Revolutions - Fighting Facebook on its own ground. There is a paradox at the heart of cyberactivism.
People use the internet to campaign against the powers and policies of transnational corporations. In doing so, they often find themselves relying on other transnational corporations, such as Facebook and Google. Click. Share. Improve your world. John Perkins: Transforming Turmoil into New Economy. Copyright Trolls: 200,000 BitTorrent Users Sued Since 2010. Since the beginning of 2010, a whopping 200,000 BitTorrent users have been sued in mass file-sharing lawsuits by copyright trolls, according to TorrentFreak.
Copyright trolls are small businesses that hire teams of lawyers to go after illegal file swappers. And just a few days ago the trolls broke the 200,000 users-sued barrier--what a win. Of course, it's important to remember exactly how mass lawsuits like this work: 200,000 users sued doesn't mean that 200,000 people are being rightfully punished for sharing copyrighted material, or even that those behind the lawsuits plan to take all 200,000 users to court. [CHECK OUT: What to Do If You're Being Sued for Piracy]