Anonymous intends to block Webcasts of State of the Union [View all]
Hacktivist group says it is unhappy that the president will not be addressing issues such as Aaron Swartz ...
by Steven Musil
February 12, 2013 2:02 PM PST
The online hactivist collective Anonymous intends to block Webcasts of President Obama's State of the Union address this evening due to what it calls a lack of attention to issues important to the group.
"There will be no State of the Union Address on the web tonight," the group said today in a blog post announcing the effort, which it has code named #opSOTU.
Specifically, the group says it objects to Obama not addressing the prosecution of Web activist Aaron Swartz, the long detention of alleged Wiki-leaker Bradley Manning, wireless wiretapping, the targeted killings of U.S. citizens by drones, and the National Defense Authorization Act, which it calls "an act of outright tyrannical legislation."
In the post, Anonymous said it planned to cut off the Capitol from the Internet during the president's address ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57569044-83/anonymous-intends-to-block-webcasts-of-state-of-the-union/
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