On this day, May 1st, 2008, the news brings to our attention the organization of global terror online, the ongoing failure of the American Right to catch up with the Left by way of Internet fund-raising, an alternative to flash-freezing, a boycott of French supermarkets, and even more conversation about cyber-activism in Egypt (this time coming in part from the front lines).

• Interpol’s Executive Director of Police Services talks about how terrorists are using the Internet, how they’re getting better with computers, questions the theory that hackers are becoming more professional.
• Conservative columnist Peter Wirs notes that the GOP has less than half online contributors than do the Democrats. He goes onto declare “the Republicans have absolutely no answer to these numbers of Obama online contributors or MoveOn supporters.”
• In Australia, Chinese nationalists plan to boycott a French supermarket.
• A third shot at Internet activism in Egypt, this time on Global Voices. Blogger and activist Nora Younis talks with the site about Facebook and the helpfulness of Twitter (beyond its ability to help free American bloggers).
• And to answer a question I posed yesterday – Yes, flash mobs can ultimately lead to something more than freezing; they can lead to students promoting the lineup of a campus concert by way of chanting and acting like dinosaurs.

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