Internet users in China are increasingly sidestepping state officials and taking action into their own hands. Bloggers are not only probing the law in mainland China, but governments in other countries as well, such as the US. LinkAsia's Mark Drey...

Outrage is growing over the US Justice Department's prosecution of the 26-year-old who committed suicide last week just weeks before he was to go on trial. Pioneering computer programmer and cyber activist Aaron Swartz was facing up to 35 years in...

From the video: Democracy Now! January 14, 2013

Internet programmer and activist Aaron Swartz, who dedicated his life to sharing data online, and developing standards for the free and open sharing of information, committed suicide in New York City. He was 26.

Members of a high school football team in Steubenville, Ohio allegedly raped an underage girl and possibly urinated on her unconscious body over the course of an evening of partying in late August. The young men chronicled their actions on social ...

From the video: Mosaic News - 07/26/12

From the video: Democracy Now! April 26, 2012

Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can -- and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments -- and their neighbors.

Egypt's youth tweeted throughout the 18-day ouster of Hosni Mubarak, and are still reporting the unfinished revolution. Five activists remember landmark events of the uprising.

Congressional support for a pair of anti-piracy bills is weakening after Wednesday's historic online protest in which thousands of websites went dark for 24 hours. Hollywood film studios, music publishers and major broadcasters support the anti-pi...