http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12332850
Egypt severed their Internet connection when the protests against President Mubarak started. Google and Twitter got together and built a work-around, where someone in Egypt can phone in a tweet, which will then be put on twitter.com.
It's getting harder and harder to be a despot.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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