{"article":{"id":6095,"heading":"Article about FTAA hacker actions","author":"sd imc","created":"2001-04-23 14:29:44","modified":"2001-04-23 14:47:27","last_modified":"Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:47:27","article":"

This article was posted at MSNBC

http:\/\/msnbc.com\/news\/561761.asp<\/a>

\"Activists target 28 Websites to disrupt during Summit of the Americas. While a 10-foot high, 2 1\/2 mile long security fence will inhibit street protests at this weekend's Summit of the Americas, the defense against cyber-protesters is less obvious.

By Lesia Stangret

MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR

TORONTO, April 20 - Away from the tear gas and street clashes at the Summit of the Americas, a quieter demonstration is underway. Protesters from around

the globe are using the Internet to express dissatisfaction with the trade talks about to begin in Quebec City. While one activist group is calling upon \"hackers, hacktivists [and] activists\" to mount a Web-based \"blocking action\" against the summit and its corporate sponsors, another group, the

\"electrohippie collective,\" is organizing \"virtual sit-ins\" \"

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