You suggested them now it’s time to place your votes. Here are just a few of the nominees:

• Dunja Mijatovic – campaigner for free speech online as a representative of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Marietje Schaake – Dutch MEP and leading campaigner for internet freedom, in particular in relation to ACTA in Europe
• Pamela Jones – founder of the Groklaw website, which started as a legal blog covering news for the free and open source software community
• Phil Zimmerman – creator of email encryption software Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), which he made publicly available
• Rebecca Mackinnon – co-founder of GlobalVoicesOnline, internet freedom advocate and author of Consent of the Networked

Head over to the Guardian to vote.

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Over seven days The Guardian is taking stock of the new battlegrounds for the internet. From states stifling dissent to the new cyberwar front line, we look at the challenges facing the dream of an open internet

Day two: the militarisation of cyberspace
Internet attacks on sovereign targets are no longer a fear for the future, but a daily threat. We ask: will the next big war be fought online?

Day three: the new walled gardens
For many, the internet is now essentially Facebook. Others find much of their online experience is mediated by Apple or Amazon. Why are the walls going up around the web garden, and does it matter?

Day four: IP wars
Intellectual property, from copyrights to patents, have been an internet battlefield from the start. We look at what Sopa, Pipa and Acta really mean, and explain how this battle is not over. Plus, Clay Shirky will be discussing the issues in a live Q&A

Day five: ‘civilising’ the web
In the UK, the ancient law of defamation is increasingly looking obsolete in the Twitter era. Meanwhile, in France, President Sarkozy believes the state can tame the web

Day six: the open resistance
Meet the activists and entrepreneurs who are working to keep the internet open

Day seven: the end of privacy
Hundreds of websites know vast amounts about their users’ behaviour, personal lives and connections with each other. Find out who knows what about you, and what they use the information for

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The homeless have more to contribute than simply being a part of the gadgetry. Many have been to the edge of the abyss, and looked over. They may need our encouragement and support, but more than anything they need our respect.

John Bird on Comment is free on the SXSW “experiment” which involved turning homeless people into Wi-Fi hotspots

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Wikipedia, one of the world’s most popular websites, has confirmed it will “go dark” on Wednesday when the site pulls the plug in a 24-hour protest against highly-contentious US online piracy legislation.

• Here’s the report on Guardian.co.uk about Wikipedia’s plans to pull the plug on its website in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA);
• SOPA explained;
• Sites listed as participating in the ‘strike’ against SOPA.

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We found that regardless of how much we improved the product or the marketing message consumers’ memories about the brand were too strong to allow them to view Myspace with fresh eyes and an open mind,” he added. “We could not escape their images of animated GIFs… I don’t think a large consumer campaign would have significantly changed the outcome for Myspace,” he said. “In the end, I believe Myspace would have had a better chance for success if we had relaunched it as an entirely new brand.

The former chief executive of Myspace on the demise of the once-dominant social network. Read more here.

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