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Hilary Duff for ThinkB4YouSpeak

As mentioned before, Hilary Duff filmed a public service announcement that discourages bullying and harassment of teenagers who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. The Advertising Council, which co-ordinates public service campaigns, is introducing a series of ads meant to tackle these social issues. The campaign begins today, and was created pro bono by the [...]

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Is It So Bad That Bono Does Good?

It's easy to take potshots at wealthy celebrities who endorse causes. After all, what do they know? We tracked down the guy who turned Bono into a political player to find out what makes some celebrity advocacy campaigns work while others flounder.

TSA puts commercial pilots on no-fly and terrorist watch lists

Here are a couple of accounts of commercial airline pilots, one of whom has been put on the TSA's no-fly list and the other is on the terrorist watch-list, for reasons that no one will disclose. A Gulf War veteran and his wife say they've been unfairly placed on a federal list that limits their commercial flight access and threatens his job as a commercial pilot. To fight back, the couple, who are Muslim, filed a lawsuit today against a host of U.S. government agencies. "We don't know why they're on the list. They don't know why they're on the list. The government won't tell us why they're on the list," said Amy Foerster, an attorney with Saul Ewing, who is providing pro bono counsel and working with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Schuylkill County couple on the case, which was filed in U.S. district court... James Robinson is a retired Air National Guard brigadier general and a commercial pilot for a major airline who flies passenger planes around the country. James Robinson is a retired brigadier general and a commercial pilot. His name is on the terrorist "watch list." He has even been certified by the Transportation Security Administration to carry a weapon into the cockpit as part of the government's defense program should a terrorist try to commandeer a plane. But there's one problem: James Robinson, the pilot, has difficulty even getting to his plane because his name is on the government's terrorist "watch list." Robinson is one of many James Robinsons on the list, including a 5-year-old. Good news, though -- all you need to do to avoid the secondary screening is fly under your initials, rather than name. Better hope the terrorists never figure that out. Ho ho ho. Airline captain, lawyer, child on terror 'watch list', Grounded pilot, wife sue over 'no-fly' list (via MeFi)...

Bono blamed for unreleased U2 songs on Internet

U2 front man Bono reportedly caught playing new songs too loudly on his stereo, allowing a passerby to copy and post the music on the Internet.

Update on China/Tibet cyberattacks (and Russia/Georgia), and call for testimonials.

Earlier today I received my first-ever bona fide piece of fake-Tibetan malware, which appears to have originated in China. Perhaps my name is on some list somewhere of journalists who've covered stories related to the Tibetan human rights movement. Screengrab at left, and click for larger size which shows the message in entirety. Also on this same day, I received an interesting update from Greg Walton, a SecDev Fellow at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto who also edits the Infowar Monitor. He's currently in Hong Kong doing pro bono work for the advocacy group Human Rights in China, briefing them on security issues and monitoring systems during a sensitive time -- the Olympics, recent unrest in Tibetan and Uighur regions, and other factors. Greg has been observing some interesting, troubling malware and internet-attack trends of late, related to the Tibetan independence movement. He tells Boing Boing: Later today I head to Dharamsala, India to work with the Dalai Lama's I.T. staff. Both HRIC and the Tibetans have been subjected to sophisticated targeted malware attacks via email attachments on an industrial scale, particularly this year. Attacks on the Tibetans spiked during the uprising in March (increases of 300%) and Chinese human rights NGOs have witnessed an increase in the run up to the Olympics. We've also seen defacements of websites and the injection of malicious code into Tibet.com and press freedom organisation ,Reporters sans frontières web assets in the last few days. To give you a sense of my client's day-to-day struggle with targeted attacks, I'd like to relate the details of the case I'm investigating today. Yesterday, at 1000hrs GMT, Human Rights in China released an important press release including an open letter from Beijing house church activist Hua Huiqi (???) concerning his abduction and intimidation because he wanted to attend the same church service that the Chinese government invited U.S. President George Bush and his family to attend. At 0150 GMT - 16 hours later - the following morning, a hacker circulated a slightly altered version of the press release to C-POL [an elite polsci listserver where China-watchers hang out) with a MS Word document attached, the Word document was in fact a trojan, that I identified as Trojan-Dropper.MSWord.Agent.cn [according to FSecure's database]. HRIC contacted SANS researcher, Maarten Van Horenbeeck who promptly analysed the trojan to identify the control server. Maarten found that the sample will drops a trojan that connects to the following control servers: 60.250.139.52, 210.177.225.209 and 58.147.1.42, all using HTTPS. Although we have found that in 70% of the cases the control server is located in mainland China, in this case the first server was based in Taiwan (Chunghwa Telecom), whereas the second and third were in Hong Kong and Thailand respectively. The last server, hosted in Thailand was also used in previous attacks. To date, we've kept these attacks to ourselves, but we'd now like to raise awareness about them in the wider Internet community - hence sharing this with Boing Boing. If you have any information that you think might help our investigations - we'd be very happy to hear from you. If you or your organisation find yourself under attack in this manner, plese get in touch. More updates to follow. Meanwhile, I'm coordinating monitoring of the Russia-Georgia cyberwar for IWMP. We have tech experts at the Citizen Lab verifying reports of DoS attacks and our research partners on the ground in the region are sending us hourly reports. (Thanks, Oxblood) Related: Do official Beijing 2008 Olympics screensavers contain malware?...

Bono and The Edge win battle for controversial hotel development

Bono and The Edge have won a legal battle to remodel one of the most famous hotels in their native Dublin in a move that has angered conservationists.

Wait! Wait! We Forgot the Viral!

So the Mullen creative department just finishes presenting their work for the New England Aquarium shark exhibit to the 12 year old AE they are forced to work with because, ya know, it's a pro bono-ish account and the little tyke says, "Well I like it but where's the viral component? Every great campaign has viral, right?"

No "façade": CNN correspondent Sylvester rebuffs Dobbs' efforts to get her to affirm his false accusations of secrecy against Appleseed

On the May 19 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, the host introduced a segment about a report by the nonprofit group Appleseed, which assessed the effects of state and local immigration enforcement, by stating: "Pro-amnesty open-borders advocates across the country are combining to fight local police efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and the lobby state legislatures and even city government. Many of these groups call themselves nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations when in reality they are nothing more than advocates for illegal alien amnesty and, in many cases, open borders. Lisa Sylvester reports on the façade." But contrary to Dobbs' introduction, Sylvester did not expose any such "façade." Indeed, Sylvester rebuffed Dobbs' efforts to get her to assert that Appleseed is something other than what it claims to be -- "[a] non-profit network of 16 public interest justice centers in the U.S. and Mexico ... dedicated to building a society where opportunities are genuine, access to the law is universal and equal, and government advances the public interest." Following her report, Dobbs asked Sylvester the following: "So Appleseed is made up of pro bono attorneys at Harvard and MALDEF, the Mexican Legal Defense -- Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, La Raza, and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and somebody is -- do they put that really right out front on their letterhead?" (In fact, MALDEF, the National Council of La Raza, and the SPLC are not part of Appleseed.) Sylvester denied that the groups try to hide their identity, saying that "all of these groups are pretty clear what their agenda is in terms of -- but what they don't do is they often don't make a clear distinction between legal immigration and illegal immigration." Not satisfied with her response, Dobbs tried again: "No, Lisa, what I asked was, does Appleseed make it clear on their letterhead who the members are, the law centers that are part of Appleseed?" But Sylvester rebuffed his implicit accusation of secrecy on the part of Appleseed, saying, "They do make it clear which are the law centers. They also make it clear on who are their board of directors. These are members of law firms from around the country, Lou." Dobbs then said: "And yet, we seldom see that reported in the mainstream media that membership in the Appleseed Group when they do these reports. It's amazing." It is not clear what Dobbs was suggesting is "seldom ... reported in the mainstream media," but Appleseed provides links to the websites of its law centers around the country, most of which include lists of staff and boards of directors. Appleseed also provides a long list of law firms and other companies "who have successfully completed or are currently working on projects with Appleseed." Dobbs concluded the segment by saying: "It's also the subject of our poll tonight. Do you believe that the stealth amnesty groups should have to declare their political agendas clearly instead of trying to hide their purpose from the American public? And, oh, you know, heaven forbid, the United States Congress? Cast your vote at loudobbs.com." From the May 19 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight: DOBBS: Pro-amnesty open-borders advocates across the country are combining to fight local police efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and to lobby state legislatures and even city governments. Many of these groups call themselves nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations when in reality, they are nothing more than advocates for illegal alien amnesty and, in many cases, open borders. Lisa Sylvester reports on the façade. [begin video clip] SYLVESTER: Local police in Prince William County, Virginia, are taking classes on how to enforce federal immigration laws. Not everyone agrees this is a proper role for state and local governments. Appleseed, a network of public interest law centers based in the United States and Mexico, released a report saying it will deter witnesses and victims from stepping forward. JOHN THESSIN (lead author, Appleseed report): It strains our relationship with our community. It hurts our ability to be involved in community policing and anti-terrorism efforts. SYLVESTER: Appleseed was launched by members of Harvard Law's 1958 class and is still run and operated by lawyers working pro bono. It's just the latest of tax-exempt non-profit groups called 501(c)3s jumping into the immigration debate. Among others: the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, La Raza, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. They all advocate amnesty, trying to block immigration raids, and defending illegal aliens in the deportation process. MIKE CUTLER (former Immigration and Naturalization Service agent): Increasingly, more and more groups are jumping on this bandwagon, and while they may be referred to as nonprofits, we know that there is profit to be found, whether it's membership, whether it's dues, where unions are concerned, whether it's commerce. There is an agenda. SYLVESTER: Under IRS guidelines, 501(c)3s must be nonpartisan. They can't support a political candidate or party. But they are allowed to take a stand on public policy issues. The executive director of Appleseed insists they are balanced. Their board consists of Republicans and Democrats. BETSY CAVENDISH (Appleseed executive director): We do research and policy advocacy, but we absolutely don't do politics. So we take a nonpartisan, research-based approach to looking at issues. SYLVESTER: Maybe nonpartisan, but not without an agenda. [end video clip] SYLVESTER: Now, in the interest of full disclosure, Mike Cutler is a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. That's a tax-exempt nonprofit 501-3(c) [sic] organization. One of the biggest voices, though, pushing open borders is the U.S. Catholic Church, tax-exempt because it's a religious institution. Lou? DOBBS: And so Appleseed is made up of pro bono attorneys at Harvard and MALDEF, the Mexican Legal Defense -- Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, La Raza, and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and somebody is -- do they put that really right out front on their letterhead? SYLVESTER: In fact, all of these groups are pretty clear what their agenda is in terms of -- but what they don't do is they often don't make a clear distinction between legal immigration and illegal immigration. DOBBS: No, Lisa, what I asked was, does Appleseed make it clear on their letterhead who the members are, the law centers that are part of Appleseed? SYLVESTER: They do make it clear which are the law centers. They also make it clear on who are their board of directors. These are members of law firms from around the country, Lou. DOBBS: And yet, we seldom see that reported in the mainstream media, that membership in the Appleseed Group when they do these reports. It's amazing. Lisa, thanks a lot. Lisa Sylvester from Washington. It's also the subject of our poll tonight. Do you believe that the stealth amnesty groups should have to declare their political agendas clearly instead of trying to hide their purpose from the American public? And, oh, you know, heaven forbid, the United States Congress? Cast your vote at loudobbs.com.