Hacker News with Generative AI: Activism

On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues (eff.org)
Today marks prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, activist, and political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd birthday—his eleventh behind bars.

Human Rights, Activism, Egypt, Political Prisoners

3 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 0 comments

Aaron Swartz Day 2024 (aaronswartzday.org)
Aaron would have been 38 years old on Friday, November 8th, 2024.

Anniversaries, Activism, Technology, Internet Freedom

14 points by mastazi 11 days ago | 0 comments

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024 (eff.org)
Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecutors charged him under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for systematically downloading academic journal articles from the online database JSTOR. Facing the prospect of a long and unjust sentence, Aaron died by suicide at the age of 26. EFF was proud to call Aaron a friend and ally.

Digital Rights, Activism, Law, Technology, Obituary

27 points by hn_acker 12 days ago | 1 comments

Code that helped end Apartheid (wired.com)
John Graham-Cumming, who happens to be Cloudflare's CTO, cracked a 30-year-old encrypted file that had a role in rewriting South Africa’s history.

Cryptography, History, South Africa, Activism

362 points by impish9208 34 days ago | 207 comments

Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 awarded to Nihon Hidankyo (nobelprize.org)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.

Nobel Prize, Peace, Nuclear Weapons, Japan, Activism

290 points by danielskogly 41 days ago | 357 comments

We're building a statue of Aaron Swartz (aaronstatue.org)
This statue reminds us all that the internet, once a beacon of free expression and open access to information, is under siege. Freedom of speech, privacy, and the right to share knowledge are increasingly threatened by powerful forces seeking to control and censor the digital world.

Internet Freedom, Activism, Censorship, Digital Rights

96 points by pablopeniche 51 days ago | 25 comments

Just Stop Oil soups two more van Goghs hours after sentencing of earlier souping (twitter.com)

Climate Change, Activism, Art, Vandalism, Social Media

20 points by lando2319 53 days ago | 57 comments

What climate activists won't tell you about protecting the planet (zionlights.substack.com)

Climate Change, Activism, Environmentalism, Sustainability

23 points by barry-cotter 62 days ago | 18 comments

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson kept in Greenland jail (bbc.com)

Greenland, Activism, Law Enforcement, Environment, Whaling

5 points by klingoff 78 days ago | 1 comments

Can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet? (theguardian.com)