<s>
Care2	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
website	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Randy	B-Protocol
Paynter	I-Protocol
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Care2	B-Protocol
members	O
create	O
an	O
online	B-Application
identity	I-Application
by	O
filling	O
out	O
a	O
profile	O
with	O
personal	O
information	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
most	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
,	O
but	O
Care2	B-Protocol
also	O
asks	O
for	O
more	O
information	O
about	O
its	O
members	O
 '	O
personal	O
lives	O
and	O
involvement	O
in	O
activism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
social	O
interactions	O
on	O
Care2	B-Protocol
revolve	O
around	O
groups	O
that	O
connect	O
people	O
who	O
care	O
about	O
similar	O
political	O
and	O
environmental	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
also	O
often	O
participate	O
in	O
internet	B-Application
petitions	I-Application
and	O
news	O
articles	O
posted	O
by	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Care2	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
online	B-Application
petition	I-Application
sites	O
that	O
offer	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
free	O
petitions	O
for	O
social	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
popular	O
sites	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
space	O
include	O
Change.org,	O
the	O
petition	O
site	O
iPetitions.com,	O
and	O
the	O
internationally	O
focused	O
Avaaz.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Care2	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
used	O
throughout	O
the	O
years	O
to	O
combat	O
,	O
through	O
petitions	O
,	O
political	O
,	O
environmental	O
and	O
civil	O
rights	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recently	O
,	O
Care2	B-Protocol
was	O
used	O
by	O
Broadway	O
theatre	O
playwrights	O
and	O
actors	O
to	O
petition	O
Indiana	O
's	O
Religious	O
Freedom	O
Restoration	O
Act	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
hackers	O
attacked	O
,	O
breached	O
and	O
accessed	O
unencrypted	O
password	O
data	O
on	O
Care2	B-Protocol
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
Groups	O
,	O
Healthy	O
Living	O
and	O
Causes	O
,	O
C2NN	O
,	O
eCards	O
,	O
and	O
Care2	B-Protocol
Connect	O
were	O
eliminated	O
.	O
</s>
