Ethics Reader- cyberethics ch35

It is true, of course, that most civil disobedience has effects on third-parties, but digital civil disobedience can potentially do much more damage to the interests of far more people than ordinary non-digital civil disobedience.  The effect of the protest in Washington was that many persons might have been late to work – losses that are easily made up.  If the website’s activity is vital to the economy, this can translate into morally significant losses of revenue, which will usually be shifted to employees and consumers.