Simply blocking access to the site and hoping there will be no repercussions is basically pointless.
Not necessarily. Some civil disobedience is symbolic, as you describe, some is direct action. Some acts of civil disobedience have succeeded even though there have been media blackouts, mostly because the cost of continually arresting protestors who refuse to back down exceeds the downsides to negotiation.
Not necessarily. Some civil disobedience is symbolic, as you describe, some is direct action. Some acts of civil disobedience have succeeded even though there have been media blackouts, mostly because the cost of continually arresting protestors who refuse to back down exceeds the downsides to negotiation.