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post Mon 16th March 2009, 8:03pm
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•IWF staff threatened after Wikipedia debacle
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The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has revealed to Computer Shopper that some of its members have received "threats to their safety". The self-regulated internet watchdog said that angry internet users have sent threatening messages to members of its ...

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post Mon 16th March 2009, 8:33pm
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Newsflash. Anonymous People on the internet are dicks. Film at 11.
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post Mon 16th March 2009, 8:56pm
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And the best part......they object to having an unfree Internet---
by threatening violence against the censors.

Way to go, pseudo-libertarians!

Still waiting for the IWF to discover Wikipedia's pedophile contingent.....
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post Mon 16th March 2009, 10:39pm
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Makes the "dancing on their skulls" comment seem particularly crass (even for an Australian).
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post Mon 16th March 2009, 10:56pm
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It's not fair to judge all who philosophically oppose that organization by the threats of the more deranged people among their opponents.
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