Today’s modern technology has provided a new platform for activists to advance their cause in a public forum. According to the Oxford dictionary, “Hacktivism” is defined as the act of a computer hacker whose goal is to promote a social or political cause. Hacktivism is the modern online version of traditional protests, rallies, and marches. Hacktivism acts reflect the same historical acts of civil disobedience that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement. Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey a law that violates an individual right, it is a state of resistance. Hacktivism is the modern day extension of civil disobedience, although it may involve breaking a law, hacktivism is performed as an act morally justified to protect our civil rights,
