I was on facebook earlier today trying to reach out to the activists in the Pursuance Project facilitated by Barrett Brown. I was contacted by an activist who is involved in the effort to try and free Marty Gottesfeld. (See this link for the whole story https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/how-a-crusade-to-save-children-landed-a-hacker-in-prison-w489735 )
In essence, a child who had been kidnapped by the state and was being abused and neglected and deprived of contact with her family was aided by a hacker who put pressure on the authorities who were engaged in this behavior. You should read the whole story for sure. It's kind of horrific. The young girl in question has thankfully (after the attention that was brought to bear by Marty's actions) been returned to her family, but Marty is now facing a long prison sentence for his attempt to come to the family's aid.
I was asked by those involved in his defense work to join their efforts. I thought it would be a good idea to post here and to start trying to coordinate people's efforts and intelligently marshal resources to prevent more destruction to families and to bring aid to those who either have been involved in this activism or who will be involved in it in the future.
So that end, I am starting a tag on Marty Gottesfeld here on Steemit ( #freemartygottesfeld to regularly post updates on the progress of his case and help those who want to assist in his defense work to come to his aid. My email is tiddlypum (at) gmail.com - if anybody would like to help get involved.
This is my first foray into involving myself in "hacktivist" activism. My activism has all be information-warfare based stuff in the past. I had honestly not even considered hacking to be a tool that would be effectively used in this purpose... but I am seeing that Marty did an amazingly good thing with his hacking and perhaps this kind of thing or things like it could be replicated in the future.
Anyways -- that's all. I do encourage people to read the whole story about Marty's history and get involved if they feel so inclined.