In October 2011, Molly Katchpole, a 22-year-old nanny working two jobs, started a petition pressuring Bank of America to drop a new $5 monthly debit card fee. In just one month, Katchpole obtained 300,000 signatures and drove customers away from Bank of America, gathering national media exposure

In a world in which the population has reached seven billion and a digital revolution is spanning the globe, approximately five billion people (about 70% of the world’s population) do not have access to computers or the Internet. Economist Aleph

Websites and citizens alike are currently protesting pending legislation in Congress that would, in an attempt to end piracy, ultimately censor the Web and curtail American businesses. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) are two