Editing Virtual sit-in (section)

== Examples ==
On December 21, 1995, the first world Virtual sit-in, conceived by [http://www.tommasotozzi.it/index.php?title=Tommaso_Tozzi Tommaso Tozzi], was created by the Florentine group [http://www.strano.net/index2.html Strano Network] against the French government to protest against the nuclear tests in Mururoa and was defined as a [http://www.tommasotozzi.it/index.php?title=Netstrike_%281995%29 "Netstrike"].<ref>Strano Network (edited by), ''Net Strike, no copyright, etc. - Pratiche antagoniste nell'era telematica'', edizioni AAA, Bertiolo, Italy, 1996.</ref>
On Thursday May 1, 1998, [[Ricardo Dominguez (professor)|Ricardo Dominguez]] (co-founder of [[Electronic Disturbance Theater]]) and Stefan Wray held a virtual sit-in in which they decided to attack the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF). They did this to support their particular beliefs against [[Anti-globalization movement|anti-globalization]].<ref>{{cite news| last1= Weber| first1= Jessica| title= Virtual Sit-in| url= https://www.britannica.com/topic/virtual-sit-in| accessdate= 22 June 2017| date= 30 December 2013}}</ref>  With over 160,000 people who attended the virtual sit-in for reasons that they could not take to the streets of New York City protest. More than 40,000 also downloaded software which made a [[Denial-of-service attack|DDOS]] attack easier was also recorded.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Shachtman| first1= Noah| title= Hacktivists Stage Virtual Sit-In at WEF Web site| url= http://www.alternet.org/story/12374/hacktivists_stage_virtual_sit-in_at_wef_web_site| accessdate= 22 June 2017|
 date= 6 February 2002}}</ref> The attack lasted all of Thursday and Friday night.