Some who tried Sunday to look into vague, Internet-based calls for protests paid a price.
It was the breeding ground for a generation of Australian voices, and to hand-wave that away with the vague declaration of "internet!" is to ignore the vital role that the structure of stations like Channel 31, TVS and others play.
The specter of censorship always looms vaguely over the Internet but rarely touches down.
"The chilling effect on Facebook and Twitter is already apparent," she said, noting that people are using vague terms on the Internet to talk about Mr. Thackeray and his role in the communal riots in Mumbai in 1992-93.
A blog post at Thought Catalog by one Leigh Alexander lists five emotions invented by the Internet: *A vague and gnawing pang of anxiety centered around an IM window that has lulled.
The best-performing funds have essentially become tech funds, or even diversified mid- to large-cap funds, that invest in businesses that sometimes only vaguely relate to the Internet.
If you took the BBC class calculator, are aged between 18 to 26 and have a job vaguely relating to the internet, you too were probably labelled an emergent service worker.
"The agencies have used this vague power to demand our internet and telephone network providers hand over huge swaths of our personal data.
"The C.F.A.A. is so vague that anyone doing empirical Internet research may find himself or herself at risk," they wrote in an e-mail.
And for that convenience, internet companies make vague promises on security but always reserve the right, as Microsoft did so notoriously last week, to snoop when it suits their own interests.
Critics say the current law is overly vague and potentially criminalizes innocent Internet activity.
