In this week's lecture, we were introduced the topic of "Hacktavism" which is Design + Activism. We started off the lecture with another guest lecturer, Walter who spoke to us abut his previous work with hacktavisim and what it actually is. He sai that hacktavisim is the use of computers and computer networks to help promote such things as political ends, human rights, freedom of speech and information ethics. It is carried out under the premise that proper use of technology can produce results similar to those of conventional acts of protest, activism and civil disobedience. The term has been around since 1995. He showed us on this website moddr_ his previous work consisting of such thigns as the "Pirates of the Amazon" , "web2.0 suicide machine" and "commidify.us". I also liked the term that this was also known as a sort of "Cyber Terrorism".
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