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Electronic Disturbance Theater and the birth of electronic civil disobedience

Original: The Electronic Disturbance Theater and Electronic Civil Disobedience (1998)

A 1998 text by the Electronic Disturbance Theater setting out the theory of electronic civil disobedience is circulating again online. The group, known for the FloodNet tool used in virtual sit-ins supporting the Zapatistas in Chiapas, argued that hacktivism could work as a form of nonviolent political protest. Readers are revisiting how its ideas prefigured today's debates on digital activism and protest law.

Why now: The resurgence of digital activism and debates over online protest tactics have renewed interest in this foundational hacktivism text.

Electronic Disturbance TheaterRicardo DominguezZapatistasFloodNet

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• The Electronic Disturbance Theater and Electronic Civil Disobedience (1998) · jruohonen · 38

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