Petition Articles

Mozilla Launches Petition Telling The NSA To Stop Watching Us

By Zach Walton June 12, 2013

Mozilla has always been a staunch proponent of privacy. Its position hasn’t won the non-profit a lot of corporate friends, and its next move won’t win it many friends in government either. A bunch of privacy loving Web companies, including …

Tebow Fans’ Plea Hits White House Petition Site
By Sean Patterson · May 6, 2013
The White House’s online petition website has been used to promote both serious and silly ideas since its debut. Petitions to build a death star or make an R. Kelly song the national anthem don’t seriously deserve the president’s time, …
1 Comment

White House Finally Responds To CISPA Petition, Says Cybersecurity Legislation Must Respect Privacy
4 Comments

Over 94,000 Consumers Want Verizon To Drop Contracts
David Hasselhoff Wants to Save the Berlin Wall

1st 336×280
Newsletter Signup

Get The WebProNews Newsletter!

Please subscribe using your company email address

CISPA Petition Crosses 100,000 Signature Threshold
By Zach Walton · March 13, 2013

After CISPA returned in February, privacy advocates started a “We The People” petition asking the White House to stand against the controversial legislation. It’s been a month since the petition was created, and advocates are one step closer to a …

Technology

Gatorade Contains Flame Retardant No More
By Zach Walton · January 28, 2013

You may not know this, but certain citrus flavors of Gatorade contains an ingredient called brominated vegetable oil. The bromine chemical in the ingredient is somewhat controversial as it’s used in flame retardants. As such, it’s illegal to use as …

Life

Should Recording Of YouTube Content Be Allowed?
By Chris Richardson · July 2, 2012

Should YouTube users be allowed to rip the content they like to their hard drive, much like a person would use a DVR to record a television show of interest? Some users believe they should have such capabilities, and so, …

Technology

LEGO Set Based On Portal Proposed At Cuusoo
By Zach Walton · July 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

I love LEGO. I love Portal. What if there was a way to combine my love for two equally awesome things into a single property of epic proportions? Good thing LEGO Cuusoo exists to make my dreams a reality. If …

Gaming

MPAA Responds to “Bully” Petition
By Shaylin Clark · February 28, 2012 · 6 Comments

A little while ago we brought you a story about a petition asking the MPAA to reconsider its R rating of the documentary Bully. The film, which explores the problem of bullying in American schools, narrowly missed receiving the PG-13 …

Business

Online Petition Asks MPAA To Change Bully Rating
By Shaylin Clark · February 28, 2012 · 10 Comments

When the MPAA gave director Lee Hirsch’s documentary Bully an R rating, Harvey Weinstein was angry. Weinstein is co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, which is distributing the film. Bully is a documentary dealing with, as you might guess from the …

Business

Noteworthy Videos

Apple Worker Protection Petition Gains Momentum
By Shawn Hess · February 3, 2012

Communications consultant Mark Shields is an Apple products fan who has decided to do something about the abuse claims at Apple supplier Foxconn’s manufacturing facilities in China. He has drafted a petition asking Apple to release a worker protection strategy …

Business

ACTA Petition Goes Over 1 Million Signatures
By Chris Richardson · February 1, 2012 · 3 Comments

When AVAAZ.org launched their anti-ACTA petition, their stated goal was 750,000. When WebProNews first discussed the petition, the total number of signatures had eclipsed the 600,000 mark. Now, thanks to a large push back from European Union citizens, AVAAZ has …

Social Media

Minecraft LEGO Set Will Be Officially Released, Thanks to Petition
By John Vinson · January 24, 2012

Minecraft and Lego’s, they’re like evolutionary cousins. Without Lego’s, there’s a good chance Minecraft would never have come to be. Therefore, it seems all but an inevitability that the two brands would come together to form an alliance, stretching our …

Petition Against Video On Flickr
By Thomas Hawk · April 9, 2008

With less than 24 hours behind Flickr’s announcement yesterday of adding video to their service, the early sentiment from existing Flickr users appears to be largely negative.

Mozilla Launches Petition Telling The NSA To Stop Watching Us

Tebow Fans’ Plea Hits White House Petition Site

White House Finally Responds To CISPA Petition, Says Cybersecurity Legislation Must Respect Privacy

Over 94,000 Consumers Want Verizon To Drop Contracts

David Hasselhoff Wants to Save the Berlin Wall

Get The WebProNews Newsletter!