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Cyberterrorism by the "good guys".
by MollyC on Thu 9th Dec 2010 05:41 UTC
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Sorry, Assange fans, you have no moral high ground when you start taking down sites.

We've already seen Assange try to blackmail his way out of the charges in Sweden ("If I get arrested, I'll release my 'insurance' file.") Now we see wikileaks fans taking down sites for having the temerity to not do business with Assange.

And Thom, your comment about Paypal getting pressured by the US govt, so what? That same govt pressured Twitter to delay their "Down for maintenance" period during the Iran post-election protests so people could continue to communicate the events on Twitter. In PayPal's case, the "pressure" you refer to was simply a letter saying that the US State Dept considered Assange's activities to be illegal. Paypal doesn't "admit" to being coerced, like your "summary" implies.

Update: The sites in question (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal) are up and running now.

Edited 2010-12-09 05:51 UTC

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