Yahoo.com- Activists from the hacker collective known as Anonymous assumed control over the homepage of a federal judicial agency this morning.
In a manifesto left on the defaced page, the group demanded reform to the American justice system and what the activists said are threats to the free flow of information.
The lengthy essay largely mirrors previous demands from Anonymous, but this time the group also cited the recent suicide of Reddit co-founder and activist Aaron Swartz as has having "crossed a line" for their organization. Swartz was facing up to 35 years in prison on computer fraud charges.
Prosecutors said he had stolen thousands of digital scientific and academic journal articles from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the goal of disseminating them for free.
Anonymous says Swartz was "killed because he was forced into playing a game he could not win - a twisted and distorted perversion of justice - a game where the only winning move was not to play."
"There must be a return to proportionality of punishment with respect to actual harm caused," it reads, also mentioning recent arrests of Anonymous associates by the FBI.
If this doesn't have conspiracy written all over it I don't know what does. I'm afraid to even write anything else about it. If I say something bad about the government BAM they'll fire up some bogey fraud charges and force me in to killing myself like they did that guy. On the other hand Anonymous could probably just squish internet me. Like I'm pretty sure that guy or group or whatever Anonymous is runs the internet. I'm a complete noob (newb?) to him and his friends. He could probably just delete any existence of me altogether.
P.S. From the manifesto "A game where the only winning move was not to play" could not sum up the government any better. Just don't bother trying against them is the only move. Your never gonna win.
Double PS- Whenever I picture Anonymous I just imagine the guy from V for Vendetta, thats why the pics there
Another ps- When I hear the word manifesto this is all I think about. Every time.
Another ps- When I hear the word manifesto this is all I think about. Every time.
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