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'Cloud protesting' helped the Occupy protest movement grow at unprecedented speed throughout the world, but has also led to something of an identity crisis. Now Occupy must make itself the sum of its parts, and rally the 99% once more.

Offshore accounts, companies in Hong Kong and Auckland, a mystery spokesman, multiple identities and an online goldmine. OWNI lifts the lid on the secretive file sharing platform which makes up 4% of the net.

While Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won reelection last Sunday, their Soviet-style strategy of attempting to control online activism is increasingly being outwitted by crowd-sourced ingenuity, such as Golos' map of election law violations.

Our interactive map offers an overview of the mass surveillance industry revealed today by OWNI and Wikileaks, an industry that's now worth $5 billion a year.

OWNI, in conjunction with Wikileaks, reveals evidence of how French company Amesys helped Gaddifi's regime to spy on leading Libyan opposition figures while they lived in the UK and the US.

The German Pirate Party took many by surprise by winning 15 seats in Berlin's regional parliament. Now they plan to reboot the system, but can they resist becoming part of the establishment? OWNI went to Berlin to meet some of those elected.

In the US the cultural industries are pushing two bills before officials intended to strengthen their ability to combat online piracy. But opponents claim the proposed legislation amounts to Internet censorship, threatening the very American tradition of freedom of expression.

An announced operation against a Mexican drug cartel led to confusion, denials and threats. Meanwhile the cartels are stepping up their use of social media and new technology, as well as targetting anti-cartel bloggers and online activists.

Until recently spaces in Africa for hackers to meet and build creative communities have been in short supply. But the success of Maker Faire Africa could change all that, in a continent in search of new solutions to old problems.

The French company Amesys are alleged to have legally sold Internet spying systems to Colonel Gaddafi's regime, allowing him to track down opponents. Now a complaint has been filed, and questions about the deal continue to go unanswered.