At AlJazeera.com, Jillian C. York reports on how online amateur digital rights activists are succeeding where major international organisations failed.
Pakistan's Telecommunications Agency (P.T.A.) recently attempted to establish an Internet filtering system. Online resistance came not from the obvious quarters, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, but instead from individuals, who coordinated efforts to undermine the P.T.A.'s plans. They called on major companies to not work with the P.T.A., and although they were supported by these prominent global organisations, the movement was built from the bottom up.
Pakistan's Telecommunications Agency (P.T.A.) recently attempted to establish an Internet filtering system. Online resistance came not from the obvious quarters, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, but instead from individuals, who coordinated efforts to undermine the P.T.A.'s plans. They called on major companies to not work with the P.T.A., and although they were supported by these prominent global organisations, the movement was built from the bottom up.
