Hacktivism in Online Games:Negotiating Transparency, Privacy, & Policy Making

Burcu S. BakioğluPeter Ludlow

Hacktivism

Justice League United

Griefing

Patriotic Nigras

Woodbury University

The Wrong Hands

Haruhi Thespian/Shadowcat

Lex Luther

Brainiac Wiki

Tracked suspected griefers Compile information on SL users Records of chatlogs from JLU meetings

with unsuspecting parties Plots to entice LL G-Team into banning

players/users Damaged JLU reputation: misinformation,

curious links btw them and LL

Threatened to sue Haruhi (legitimate access/no NDA)

DMCA takedowns against bloggers who published the Wiki

Pixeleen Mistral (editor of AH) outed as Mark McCahill (AppleII, POPMail, Gopher), claims fair use for journalism

DMCA used to cover up extensive surveillance operation & full scope of its abuses in SL

Paradox

Intrusion into private networks by social

engineering/hackingSystemic violations of privacy by institutions and coding authorities