<s>
PetitionOnline	B-Application
was	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
petition	I-Application
service	O
founded	O
and	O
trademarked	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Artifice	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
operated	O
by	O
Change.org,	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
sign	O
petitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
PetitionOnline	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
claimed	O
that	O
its	O
first	O
official	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
hosted	O
petition	O
was	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
Dissatisfied	O
Web	B-Device
TV	I-Device
Consumer	O
Petition	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Dennis	O
Reno	O
,	O
senior	O
director	O
of	O
Web	B-Device
TV	I-Device
customer	O
service	O
,	O
responded	O
to	O
the	O
claims	O
of	O
low-quality	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2002	O
,	O
CNN	B-Architecture
wrote	O
a	O
formal	O
apology	O
to	O
the	O
National	O
Association	O
of	O
Muslim	O
Women	O
,	O
which	O
posted	O
the	O
"	O
Petition	O
to	O
Correct	O
the	O
Negative	O
Portrayal	O
of	O
Muslim	O
Women	O
in	O
CNN	B-Architecture
Program	O
Coverage	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
PetitionOnline	B-Application
site	O
in	O
December	O
2001	O
,	O
over	O
perceived	O
offensive	O
comments	O
made	O
by	O
Leon	O
Harris	O
during	O
the	O
TalkBack	O
Live	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Post	O
promoted	O
a	O
PetitionOnline-hosted	O
petition	O
asking	O
the	O
ABC	O
television	O
network	O
to	O
keep	O
country	O
singer	O
Toby	O
Keith	O
in	O
its	O
2002	O
Independence	O
Day	O
special	O
over	O
the	O
controversy	O
regarding	O
Keith	O
's	O
song	O
"	O
The	O
Angry	O
American	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
petition	O
"	O
iBook	B-Device
Logic	O
Board	O
Failure	O
"	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
coverage	O
over	O
a	O
threatened	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
over	O
defective	O
iBook	B-Device
laptops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
claims	O
of	O
success	O
through	O
hosted	O
online	B-Application
petitions	I-Application
include	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Sci-Fi	O
Channel	O
Australia	O
and	O
the	O
stopping	O
of	O
the	O
possible	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Japantown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
hoax	O
petition	O
that	O
was	O
easily	O
created	O
on	O
PetitionOnline	B-Application
,	O
intended	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
unmonitored	O
oversight	O
of	O
petitions	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
