hacktivism, cyberwars, & copyright controversies

Burcu S. Bakioğlubbakiogl@gmail.com

@PaleFire

Samuel (2001)

Tactical MediaEveryday practices of users (de Certeau, 1984)

Systems of disruptionResponse to neoliberal globalizationMutable categoryUncertain outcomesSeeking security holesLaughter as a tactical response to power

Raley (2009)

In lulz we trust!

The Age of

Network Societyhorizontal modes of communication

alternative strategies of resistancecirculation (NOT accumulation)

Castells (2000), Dyer-Withford (1999), Scott Lash (2002)

Sites of Struggle

PiracyCultures

REGULATIONCorruption

Criminalization of

societyPrivacy

SurveillanceThreat to creativity

Lessig (2004), McLeod (2007), Vaidhyananthan (2003)

Operation Payback is a Bitch

Operation: Payback is a bitch – Wikileaks "the future of cyber protests"

Outcome:

Porn industry = leading piracy war

Companies not interested in stopping piracy but exploiting it

ISPs not following Data Protection Act (Privacy violation)

IP = PersonSurveillance

Significance:

Transformed Anon operations Leaking operations Operation Anti-security: LulzSec

Actively putting up Internet in support of the uprising in African countries

Privacy sacrificed for transparency/Bad PR

HackerLeaks (Redaction)

The Plan (3 phases set to finish Dec 21st 2012)

Burcu S. Bakioğlubbakiogl@gmail.com

@PaleFire