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Make distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) a legal form of protesting.

Created by A.G. on February 08, 2013

President Obama,
Please consider making Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) a legal form of online protesting. DDoS is not hacking, it's the equivalent of hitting the refresh button on a webpage. Should we be sent to jail if we're able push that button hundreds of times a second? No!

This kind of attack it's no different than a sit-in. If the "refresh" button for a website is clicked a thousand times every second that website slows down immensely. This is a type of protest or a sit-in at work. Both of those are completely legal. The only difference is that it is done on the internet, at home, at school, at a coffee shop or at a library.

Why are people protesting? They do it because they want to see changes, positive ones.

Thank you for your consideration!
Aaron Gehri

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