Read more anonymous stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6695/anonymous.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:45:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73583/web-protests-win-surprise-traction-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe usually repressive Chinese government has been surprisingly tolerant of—and even responsive to—a wave of Internet petitions protesting local injustices and corruption. Online campaigns have gotten accused killers freed, officials fired, and charges dropped against a motorist who cut off his own finger to protest police entrapment, then...http://www.newser.com/story/73583/web-protests-win-surprise-traction-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 9:20:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59264/toxic-teen-website-infuriates-parents-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe creator of the online message board Peoplesdirt.com says he's just providing an "avenue for people to express their feelings," but parents and teachers disagree. The website allows teenagers to anonymously post slurs and false rumors about fellow students. Although it's legal, it's also hateful and humiliating, students and...http://www.newser.com/story/59264/toxic-teen-website-infuriates-parents-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 12:01:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58541/anonymous-briefings-rile-white-house-press-corps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House press corps is fed up with background briefings given by “senior administration officials” whose names can’t be revealed, and journalists are considering a protest, Politico reports. An AP reporter has urged the press to team up against such briefings. But frustrated reporters are still attending them; they...http://www.newser.com/story/58541/anonymous-briefings-rile-white-house-press-corps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 7:02:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57941/in-hard-times-big-donors-dont-flaunt-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn hard times, big givers are staying out of the spotlight, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Some 19% of donations of $1 million or more in the past 10 months have been anonymous, compared with 3%-5% over the past 10 years. Donors often stay nameless to keep other charities from...http://www.newser.com/story/57941/in-hard-times-big-donors-dont-flaunt-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 11:29:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57187/70m-in-anonymous-gifts-spark-academic-whodunit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA wave of nearly $70 million in mysterious donations to a dozen colleges across the country has set off a happy guessing game in academic circles, the New York Times reports. "Whoever it is wishes to remain anonymous and I, for one, am perfectly happy to respect that," says the...http://www.newser.com/story/57187/70m-in-anonymous-gifts-spark-academic-whodunit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 10:27:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43466/in-china-these-detectives-arent-for-hire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you do a bad thing in China, just hope it doesn't go online. The nation's so-called "human flesh engine"—millions of web-surfers who like hunting for facts—have already gotten a Communist Party secretary fired and identified a woman who stomped a cat to death. Despite an army of...http://www.newser.com/story/43466/in-china-these-detectives-arent-for-hire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Nov 2008 18:28:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32477/google-agrees-to-give-viacom-encrypted-data.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a deal reached last night, Google has agreed to hand over YouTube user data Viacom had demanded in its copyright lawsuit, but only after replacing user names and IP addresses with unique substitutes to protect users’ privacy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move will allow Viacom and other...http://www.newser.com/story/32477/google-agrees-to-give-viacom-encrypted-data.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jul 2008 7:45:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32341/tab-claims-its-idd-graffiti-artist-banksy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn exhaustive investigation has uncovered the carefully guarded identity of guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy, the Mail on Sunda y claims. The man whose works are coveted by celebrities and sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars is Robin Gunningham, now 35, who attended a posh private school as the son...http://www.newser.com/story/32341/tab-claims-its-idd-graffiti-artist-banksy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 10:56:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28300/no-charges-for-scientology-protester.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharges against a 15-year-old who called Scientology as a ‘cult’ were dropped today, the BBC reports. The London police issued a mea culpa after a court ruled that the teen’s holding up a sign reading, "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult," did not constitute “abusive or...http://www.newser.com/story/28300/no-charges-for-scientology-protester.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 May 2008 13:10:03 CDT