For once it seems like the administration and the internet activists are on the same page.
This is a vague law that many Internet activists have at the top of their reform agenda.
With a group of internet activists, she started Mzalendo in 2006, a website that tracks the performance of Kenyan members of parliament.
After the victory of SOPA many internet activists and free-speech evangelists were delighted that a digital grassroots movement could topple a bill with so much momentum.
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One suggestion, supported by telecoms firms, consumer groups and Internet activists, is that the section covering intellectual property should be excluded from the convention, so that the agreement applies only to disputes over the sale of goods and services.
But after Dotcom was jailed and his assets were seized, he slowly emerged as a leader for Internet freedom activists who thought he was unfairly targeted.
Luis Corrons, technical director of Panda Labs, said during its investigation of Anonymous' attacks its analysts got talking to some of the activists via Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
As comments on my blog demonstrate, many anti-tax activists oppose the collection of tax on Internet sales.
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The Internet is now the focus for campaigners, marketers and activists, each claiming a slice of the virtual pie.
Activists in other fields put faith in the idea of instant Internet disclosure: a new ballot initiative in California, for example, would require political candidates to report campaign donations over the Internet within 24 hours.
Activists for women's rights are calling loudly for better treatment and internet scribes are testing the limits of free speech.
Ms. Harris of the Center for Democracy and Technology cautioned that the activists leading the revolt may not always be in lock step with the views of large Internet companies.
Three Google executives were convicted in Milan, Italy on February 24 this year over a bullying video posted on the site - a verdict greeted with horror by online activists, who fear it could open the gates to such prosecutions and ultimately destroy the internet itself.
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