The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech

A new bill moving through the House of Representatives would force patent plaintiffs to pay the defense’s legal fees when the plaintiff loses. This is an obvious effort to stem the tide of ridiculous patent litigation that we have seen increase over the past couple of years. [ars technica]

In a “real Robin Hood” moment Anonymous tracks down, turns over hacker who destroyed a Kiwi website that was raising funds to help feed hungry children. [NZ Herald]

Betaworks, the people who bought up the remaining Digg assets, have deleted all the content and archives from the site. Do you love dead links? Then you should be a fan of this decision. [SF Weekly]

When you make something that can bring down powerful people – powerful people will pay attention to you. [Wired]

“Startup Claims 80% Of Its Facebook Ad Clicks Are Coming From Bots.” I can’t wait to read Facebook’s response to this. [TechCrunch]