





Anonymous, the group of high-powered hackers famous for targeting Bank of America and Sony, has turned its vigilante brand of online activism to child pornography sites.

The "hacktivists" are targeting web host Freedom Hosting and accusing it of knowingly hosting child pornography. This marks a shift for Anonymous, which is better known for hitting corporate and big-business sites with DDoS attacks, briefly taking over operations or scraping information.

Anonymous released a statement condemning Freedom Hosting for its alleged practices and warning all other child pornography sites to take down their materials, reports BGR.

“Our demands are simple. Remove all child pornography content from your servers," Anonymous wrote in a statement. "Refuse to provide hosting services to any website dealing with child pornography. This statement is not just aimed at Freedom Hosting, but everyone on the internet. It does not matter who you are, if we find you to be hosting, promoting, or supporting child pornography, you will become a target.”

Since the attacks began on Oct. 15, Anonymous has removed pornographic links, shut down access to all clients of Freedom Hosting and declared the web host as "#OpDarknet Enemy Number One." You can check out the full statement from Anonymous on BGR.

Regardless if you're a fan of Anonymous, it's definitely better to be out of its sight. What do you think of Anonymous going after child-pornography websites instead of corporations and government? Let us know in the comments.

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