The groups have together launched the Don't Spy On Us campaign, calling on internet users across the UK to support a six-point manifesto attempting to mitigate the damage caused by GCHQ's surveillance.
Indeed, as digital camera technology has improved and prices have dropped, scientists have begun to harness them for a broad range of research projects, sometimes calling on Internet users to help analyze thousands of images.
Deng says he started a similar project himself in 2013 – calling on internet users to help identify China's 10 foulest waterways – but gave up after two fellow activists were detained by police.
The live updates quickly gained a following, and soon, another Reddit user invited people who wanted to help contribute to the timeline into a chat room called #theatreshooting on Internet Relay Chat, a global chat system.
Following the attack on Charlie Hebdo, 11 interior ministers from European Union countries, including France, Britain and Germany, issued a statement in which they called on internet service providers to identify and remove online content "that aims to incite hatred and terror".
In the swing state of Virginia the Republican state headquarters fuels its troops on pizza, a television is set to Fox News and volunteers make calls on internet telephone terminals with buttons to record voters' replies, zapping the information to a central database.
In a blog post entitled "Dear Internet: Let's Demo the Slow Lane" he called on Internet companies to let the world see what Wheeler's proposal would actually mean: Let the world see "Waiting for", "Connecting", and "Buffering" show up in their browser continuously throughout the day.
Bruce Schneier called on internet companies to issue new certificates and keys for encrypting internet traffic.
Ministers instead called on internet service providers to encourage parents to switch on a filter to stop access to adult content.
Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based group, got more than two dozen "socially responsible" asset management firms to sign a resolution calling on Internet businesses to ensure their products weren't used to commit human rights violations and to introduce shareholder resolutions supporting freedom of expression.
