Flashcards: Internet-based activism

The April 6 Youth Movement (Arabic: حركة شباب 6 أبريل‎‎) is an Egyptian activist group established in Spring 2008 to support the workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, an industrial town, who were planning to strike on April 6.

Mirotvorets, or Myrotvorets (Ukrainian: Миротворець /mɪrɔ'tvɔrɛt͡sʲ/, lit. "Peacemaker"), is a Ukrainian Kiev-based website that purports to reveal personal information of people who are considered "enemies of Ukraine".

Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open-source software (LGPL) for information collection, visualisation, and interactive mapping.

Hacktivism or hactivism (a portmanteau of hack and activism) is the subversive use of computers and computer networks to promote a political agenda.

Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 79th Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 2009.

TechMission is a Christian non-profit organization located in Dorchester, Massachusetts which aims to use technology to transform at-risk communities.

USAction is a 501(c)(4) federation of progressive community organizing groups.

VoiceX is an open source platform designed to create an information ecosystem for people in developing world, with low-end feature phones that can't connect to the Internet, to generate, manage, retrieve, and search information.

The Campaign for Liberty (C4L) is a political organization founded by twelve-term United States Congressman Ron Paul.

The Institute for New Culture Technologies/t0 was established by in 1993 as an arts and culture related international competence platform for the critical use of information and communication technologies.

Nerdfighteria is a community subculture, based mainly online.

Move Your Domain Day is a domain name transferring initiative, initially in response to GoDaddy's support of the Stop Online Piracy Act.

The Mugu Marauder was an application used by the Artists Against 419 to take some fraudulent websites offline.

The so-called Million People March was the first of an ongoing series of protests in the Philippines calling for the total abolition of the Pork Barrel fund, triggered by public anger over the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.

The Harry Potter Alliance (also known as the HPA) is a nonprofit organisation run primarily by Harry Potter fans.

WikiWoods is a group of volunteers who plant trees with the joint aims of preventing climate change and inspiring people to be environmentally aware.

monochrom is an international art-technology-philosophy group, founded in 1993, that defines itself as "an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science and political activism".

38 Degrees is a British not-for-profit political-activism organisation.

Action Without Borders (also known as Idealist) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 by Ami Dar and based in New York City and Portland, Oregon.

The Active Citizen Project (ACP) is a New York City-based non-profit organization founded in 2003 by filmmaker Linda Goode Bryant in response to the 2004 U.

American Majority is a nonprofit organization that provides training to conservative activists and political candidates in the United States.

The Asian American Action Fund (AAAF) is an American Democratic political action committee and 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 1999.

"People United Means Action" (or PUMA) was a political action committee in the United States that opposed the Democratic Party leadership and the nomination of Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President in the 2008 presidential election.

ColaLife is an independent non-profit organisation, that became a registered charity on 21 June 2011 (charity number 1142516).

MEETin.org, or the MEETin group, is a web-based social community dedicated to providing a casual social environment for people without charging membership fees, or otherwise profiting from events.

Shabab Libya (alternatively written as shabablibya), also known as the Libyan Youth Movement (Arabic: حركة شباب ليبيا), or LYM for short, is a Libyan Facebook group started in February 2011 to spread awareness on planned protests (17 February) across the country.

Meetup is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world.

The Hacker Wars is a 2014 documentary film about hacktivism in the United States, directed by Vivien Lesnik Weisman.

UltraViolet is a women's advocacy group based in the United States.

The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) is an organization that uses social media to mobilize support for campaigns against websites and Facebook groups that promote or praise what it describes as Islamic terrorism or antisemitism.

RYOT is an immersive media company founded in 2012 based in Los Angeles.

The April 6 Youth Movement Democratic Front (Arabic: حركة شباب 6 أبريل الجبهة الديمقراطية‎‎) is an Egyptian activist group established in spring 2011 after the differences in the April 6 Youth Movement, led by Ahmed Maher.

The Netzkraft Movement, based in Germany, is a cross-thematic and international network of individuals and groups who work for the common good.

Sisters Uncut is a British feminist direct action group that is opposed to cuts to UK government services for domestic violence victims.

Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash (BSDMS) is a Facebook group where members can share and discuss Internet memes relating to American politician and junior United States senator Bernie Sanders.

MoveOn.org is an American, non-profit, progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee.

The English Disco Lovers (EDL) is a Web movement, formed as a Google bombing campaign with the intention of replacing the anti-Islamist street protest group the English Defence League as the top search engine result for "EDL".

GetUp! is an Australian progressive left-wing activist group.

Project for Awesome (often abbreviated P4A) is a community-driven charitable movement on YouTube, created by the Green brothers, Hank and John, most notable for their VlogBrothers YouTube channel.

Chris Brown, a political science major at the University of North Texas, started Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) in the week immediately following the April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech Massacre.

The Pink Chaddi Campaign (or Pink Underwear Campaign) is a nonviolent protest movement launched by Consortium of Pub-Going, Loose and Forward Women in February 2009 in response to notable incidences of violent conservative and right-wing activism against perceived violations of Indian culture, when a group of women were attacked in a pub in Mangalore.

Operation Anti-Security, also referred to as Operation AntiSec or #AntiSec, is a series of hacking attacks performed by members of hacking group LulzSec, the group Anonymous, and others inspired by the announcement of the operation.

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is a progressive political coalition of more than 1,000 organizations that joined together in 2008 in a successful effort to promote legislation to reform the United States health care system and extend medical benefits to most of the population that is currently uninsured.

Change.org is a petition website operated by Change.

Nawaat (Arabic: نواة) is an independent collective blog co-founded by Tunisians Sami Ben Gharbia, Sufian Guerfali and Riadh Guerfali in 2004, with Malek Khadraoui joining the organization in 2006.

The European Defence League (EDL) is a largely UK-based offshoot of the English Defence League founded by Tommy Robinson which campaigns against what it considers sharia law and itself has various offshoots.

Lumen, formerly Chilling Effects, is a collaborative archive created by Wendy Seltzer and founded along with several law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to protect lawful online activity from legal threats.

Founded in 2005, the Courage Campaign is a state-based 501(c)(4) progressive grassroots advocacy organization based in California.

DemocracyInAction, or DIA, is a Washington, D.

Hackers in Wonderland is a 2000 documentary film, produced and directed by Russell Barnes, about hackers in the United Kingdom.