Virtual sit-in

Virtual sit-in

A form of electronic civil disobedience deriving its name from the sit-ins popular during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, a virtual sit-in attempts to re-create that same action digitally using a DDoS. During a virtual sit-in, hundreds of activists attempt to access a target website simultaneously and repetitively. If done right, this will cause the target website to run slowly or even collapse entirely, preventing anyone from accessing it. Because this form of hacktivism is legal (it involves nothing more than visiting a website) and represents the will of many people (not just that of a single, malicious hacker) it is generally seen as a moral form of protest by the activism community.

ee also

*Electronic civil disobedience
*Hacktivism


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