GoKawiilElectronic Disturbance Theater details FloodNet tool for online civil disobedience
The Electronic Disturbance Theater, a group of cyber activists and artists, says it has developed FloodNet, a URL-based software tool designed to flood and block a targeted website. The group has used such tactics against Mexican and U.S. government sites to protest actions against the Zapatistas, framing the approach as 'Electronic Civil Disobedience' that applies traditional sit-in and blockade tactics to the internet.
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By allowing participants to join virtual blockades remotely from anywhere with internet access, this approach could lower the barrier to political protest compared with physical civil disobedience. It also signals an early example of activist groups adapting software tools for direct-action tactics against government or corporate targets, a model the group suggests it hopes other small autonomous groups will later adopt.
- FloodNet is software built to flood and block targeted websites as a protest tactic.
- The group frames its actions as 'Electronic Civil Disobedience,' modeled on physical sit-ins and blockades.
- Past targets include Mexican and U.S. government sites tied to the Zapatista conflict.
Source: thing.net, 2026-10-18
Published there as: “The Electronic Disturbance Theater and Electronic Civil Disobedience”
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