Last year,the Everyday Sexism Project website was created to collect women's accounts of the sexism they encounter in their everyday lives. Early this year, the Project invited women to share their stories of harrassment on Twitter, using the hashtag #shoutingback. "Some 3,500 did so within the first five days", reports project founder Laura Bates.

To mark International Data Privacy Day, on 28 January every year, EFF has published some anti-surveillance SUCCESS stories.

("Design vs emergence". image from scimaps.org)

People have different opinions on the place of mapping in today's activism. It's a "sexy media hook", sure -- but does it actually change anything? Lisa Goldman of Techpresident comes to the conclusion that yes, it most definitely does.

We know that some governments heavily restrict their citizens' access to the internet. But how exactly do they do it? This short video shows us exactly how internet filtering works... and why the internet is "like a rainbow".

"Can internet activism lead to a real political movement?" asks the Economist. In an article focusing on "the new politics of the internet", the magazine gives the question some in-depth treatment.

....And Paul Mason looks at why it's STILL kicking off everywhere – networked social movements and political digital memes.

A fake video clip purporting to show the arrest of Vladimir Putin on corruption and terrorism charges was watched by almost two million people (maybe that's why he was crying when he was re-elected...).

We're really excited about the upcoming launch of Beautiful Trouble which is described by its creators as “...a book and web toolbox that puts the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest into the hands of the next generation of change-makers”.

Activists in Iran used the symbol of an empty chair in a campaign to highlight classmates who have been jailed for political activity or deprived of education for religious reasons.

This same tactic was used to highlight the plight of a human rights activist in China who was unable to receive the Nobel Peace prize: We profile this in our up and coming 10 Tactics remixed site.

At Tactical Tech we love data and the great things that activists can do with it so check out this resource of free and open data on millions of companies and corporations in over 20 countries.

Interested in the history of hactivism? Want to differentiate between the good guys and the not-so-good guys? Check out this infographic.