Editing Protest (section)

===By Internet and social networking===
{{Main article|Internet activism}}
[[File:Day 3 Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone 13.JPG|thumb|[[Occupy Wall Street]] protesters in [[Zuccotti Park]] using the Internet to get their message out over social networking as events happen, September 2011]]Blogging and social networking have become effective tools to register protest and grievances. Protests can express views or news, and use viral networking to reach out to thousands of people. With protests on the rise from the [[US election 2016|U.S. election season of 2016]] going into 2017, protesters became aware that using their [[social media]] during a protest could make them an easier target for [[government surveillance]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/01/use-social-media-protest-without-big-brother-snooping/|title=How to Use Social Media at a Protest Without Big Brother Snooping|last=Newman|first=Lily Hay|newspaper=WIRED|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref>