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Police Hunt ‘Anonymous’ For Criticising Migrants

German police are hunting down the operator of a Facebook page of the “anonymous” group for criticising migrants. In the latest crack down on online speech, the anonymous group, who originated on notorious website 4chan, are in the sights of

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Facebook Censorship and the War on Free Speech

Free speech is under assault — not only in repressive dictatorships suddenly able to influence global conversations through the Internet, but across the Western world, and even in the American bastion of free expression. Absolute protection for speech as an inalienable right has given way to bitter squabbling over how much free expression should be sacrificed for various, ostensibly noble goals, and who the censors will be.

Associated Press