Anonymous Plans Protest for June 9 Against Indian Website Bans

CHENNAI: Protests over blocking of websitesare likely to become strident with hacktivist group Anonymous planning demonstrations in 11 cities on June 9 for restoring internet freedom. The group had targeted governmentsites and corporate websites after several file and link sharing sites were blocked by authorities and internet service providers (ISPs) recently.

Soon, it announced ‘occupy’ protests in various cities on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The FB pages of the ‘occupy’ protests and Twitter pages of Anonymous are gaining support from netizens with many signing up to reach venues wearing Guy Fawkes masks. “Internet is the only free media we have. Censoring it will mean that free speech is not possible any more,” a member of Anonymous told in an online chat.

If the curbs on internet are not lifted, there will be more attacks on government sites, the group said. “Most of them will be internet-based, but we will protest on the ground if need be,” said another member. Just like the ‘occupy movement’ in the US, which started as ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and then spread to more than 20 locations, this could also become bigger if the curbs are not lifted, the member said.

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