Anonymous Starts Its Own 

'To Catch a Predator' 

Anonymous, the world’s preeminent becostumed online activist group, is going after pedophiles again. Never mind that the name of the project, Operation PedoChat, sounds almost as creepy as the assholes they’re attacking—Anonymous is aiming to shut down 100 websites and forums known to aid the proliferation of child pornography and predation.

WE Anonymous aim to diminish if not eradicate this plague from the Internet. For the good of our followers, for the good of mankind, and for our own enjoyment we shall expel from the Internet and systematically destroy any such boards that continue to operate.

YOU are Anonymous as well. YOU can get off your ass and help. Spread the word to fellow Anons, to the press, and encourage them to do the same. Those that can attack are asked to fire their lazors; those that cannot are encouraged to learn. These pedos are very butthurt about being hit too, so there is some LULZ factor in it. SAILSAFE!

Anonymous has promised “defaces, logs & dox and the occasional domain hijack as well.” In fact, the first round is already complete, and has been split into four parts of doxing (the act of tracing someone or gathering information about an individual using sources on the Internet): one, two, three, and four. The publicly posted information includes the details of hundreds of pedophiles (both users and administrators of these websites) as well as e-mails between some of them.

Child porn is is still proliferating online; it’s a thorny topic to litigate—New York, for instance, determined that it’s legal to look at it online, so as long as you don’t download or save any of the files; while the Russian government is pushing for the next SOPA.

It’s also a repulsive scourge, obviously. And that may be part of Anonymous’ calculus—everybody hates pedophiles. They’re like Nazis; the mere mention of their existence guarantees head-shaking disgust and absolute admonishment. Maybe the Guy Fawkes-garbed hackers felt like they needed a totally uncontroversial campaign to rekindle some popular support. Who knows, but one thing’s for sure: Fuck those pedophiles.

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