After a journalist in Singapore called the activist
group Anonymous a “messiah”, a group of people thought to be those representing
the activist group hacked into the blog of the journalist. They then proceeded
to upload content saying that she had spoken wrong about the group and that she
should apologies or resign.
The group aid that what she had said about the
activist group was wrong and that they “oppose any for of internet censorship
among other things”. They are saying that everyone should be able to access
everything online, and to me this is only fair.
Aside from this, the point that the journalist had
posted negative claims of the activist group is unfair, I don’t feel a
journalist would be able to attack a individual like this, but because it’s a
group that has no identity, its fine to do so?
However, on the other hand is it acceptable for
what Anonymous did in retaliation. They hacked into networks, posted messages
and threatened “war” if they did not receive the action that they were
expecting. This is internet black mail, a crime in itself. Two wrongs do not
make a right.
People then claiming to be members of the Anonymous
group posted as Anonymous on YouTube, making it go viral and spread across
internet social networks.
Is the internet making it easy for anyone to be,
well anyone they want. Do people think that committing crime on the web doesn’t
mean they are coming these crimes in the real world? Well the reality is, they
are.
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