[CC] PROTESTERS FIND THE WEB TO BE A POWERFUL TOOL

[George(s) Lessard]

PROTESTERS FIND THE WEB TO BE A POWERFUL TOOL
Issue: Internet
Many of the small and scattered groups of Americans who disapprove of the
Bush administration's response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 are
finding the Internet to be a powerful tool for reaching other dissenters.
People opposed to the war are "certainly one of the most vocal groups on
the Net," said Andrew Carvin, who runs an online discussion forum about
Sept. 11 and its aftermath. Mr. Carvin [a senior associate at Benton] said
many participants use free, disposable e- mail addresses and do not
identify themselves. America's first war of the Internet age is spawning a
new cohort of protesters who take for granted the ability to consult a
vast array of international news sources with a few mouse-clicks and is
teaching old activists new tactics.

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[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: AmyHarmon] 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/technology/21ANTI.html)

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