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anonymous stories: 12 news summaries

 Web Protests Win Surprise   
 Traction in China 

Some fear official tolerance is surveillance in disguise

Nov 9, 09 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The usually repressive Chinese government has been surprisingly tolerant of—and even responsive to—a wave of Internet petitions protesting local injustices and corruption. Online campaigns have gotten accused killers freed, officials fired, and charges dropped against a motorist who cut off his own finger to protest police entrapment, then... More »

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China • Internet • corruption • surveillance • anonymous • online activism • freedom of speech • petition

 Toxic Teen Website 
 Infuriates Parents, Cops 

On anonymous message board, free speech becomes personal attacks

May 17, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The creator of the online message board Peoplesdirt.com says he's just providing an "avenue for people to express their feelings," but parents and teachers disagree. The website allows teenagers to anonymously post slurs and false rumors about fellow students. Although it's legal, it's also hateful and humiliating,... More »

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Internet • high school • free speech • message boards • death threats • anonymous • teenager • peoplesdirt.com

Anonymous Briefings Rile White House Press Corps

Members considering staging protest

May 10, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House press corps is fed up with background briefings given by “senior administration officials” whose names can’t be revealed, and journalists are considering a protest, Politico reports. An AP reporter has urged the press to team up against such briefings. But frustrated reporters are still attending... More »

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media • press conference • anonymous • Obama administration • White House press corps



 In Hard Times, 
 Big Donors 
 Don't Flaunt It

Some seek subtlety as neighbors struggle

May 4, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - In hard times, big givers are staying out of the spotlight, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Some 19% of donations of $1 million or more in the past 10 months have been anonymous, compared with 3%-5% over the past 10 years. Donors often stay nameless to keep other charities from... More »

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philanthropy • recession • donation • anonymous • economy • charitable giving

  $70M in Anonymous Gifts 
 Spark Academic Whodunit 

Nearly $70 million given to colleges nationwide

Apr 25, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wave of nearly $70 million in mysterious donations to a dozen colleges across the country has set off a happy guessing game in academic circles, the New York Times reports. "Whoever it is wishes to remain anonymous and I, for one, am perfectly happy to respect that,"... More »

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higher education • anonymous • donor • colleges and universities • state colleges

In China, These
Detectives
Aren't for Hire

Millions of vigilantes
rile Beijing by solving mysteries online

Nov 23, 08 6:28 PM CST
(Newser) - If you do a bad thing in China, just hope it doesn't go online. The nation's so-called "human flesh engine"—millions of web-surfers who like hunting for facts—have already gotten a Communist Party secretary fired and identified a woman who stomped a cat to death. Despite an... More »

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China • Internet • anonymous • search engine • detective

Google Agrees to Give Viacom Encrypted Data

YouTube visitor data will be 'anonymized' before release

Jul 15, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a deal reached last night, Google has agreed to hand over YouTube user data Viacom had demanded in its copyright lawsuit, but only after replacing user names and IP addresses with unique substitutes to protect users’ privacy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move will allow Viacom and other... More »

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Viacom • YouTube • lawsuit • anonymous • encryption • copyright infringement • private data

Tab Claims It's ID'd Graffiti
Artist Banksy

UK  guerrilla tagger turns out to have posh background

Jul 14, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exhaustive investigation has uncovered the carefully guarded identity of guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy, the Mail on Sunday claims. The man whose works are coveted by celebrities and sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars is Robin Gunningham, now 35, who attended a posh private school as the son of... More »

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United Kingdom • art • anonymous • graffiti • Banksy • street art • guerrilla art

 No Charges for  
 Scientology Protester 

Court rules sign not 'abusive, insulting'

May 23, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charges against a 15-year-old who called Scientology as a ‘cult’ were dropped today, the BBC reports. The London police issued a mea culpa after a court ruled that the teen’s holding up a sign reading, "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult," did... More »

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Scientology • free speech • religion • protests • anonymous • cult • political demonstrations

Wiki Survey Aims to Find Out Who Posts — and Why 

Site will try to ID its anonymous authors

Jan 25, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Wikipedia wants to know more about its anonymous authors and has launched a worldwide survey to find out who they are, how much they post, and what type of people go from casual browsers to active contributors. In a first for the site, the survey will attempt to unearth authors'... More »

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Wikipedia • Egypt • anonymous • Firefox • Linux • Citizendium • survey

Gitmo Manual Leaked Online

Wikileaks reveals what FOIA request could not

Nov 14, 07 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - A sensitive manual from the military's Guantanamo Bay facility has surfaced online, Wired News reports. It lays out exacting instructions for psychologically manipulating detainees, dealing with hunger strikes, rewarding prisoners with “comfort items” like extra toilet paper, and evading Red Cross inspectors. The administration promised the Red Cross full... More »

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Wikia • Guantanamo Bay • anonymous • Internet leak • interrogation techniques

No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

'Family Secrets' case will go before anonymous panel

Jun 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five elderly men accused of running the Chicago mob go on trial this week before a jury of their peers—but the defendants and their lawyers won't know the names of those peers. The Chicago Tribune explores the issue of juror anonymity as a federal court begins assembling a panel... More »

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Chicago • federal courts • mob • trial • Family Secrets • jury • Casino • anonymous

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