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The videos started to trickle in this month: the now-familiar Guy Fawkes mask, a computerized female voice, stock video graphics and bland instrumental background music.

“Hello citizens of Edmonton Alberta Canada. We are Anonymous.”

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The loosely organized online activism group is at the forefront of modern cyber-dissent, protesting a range of organizations and people, ranging from Scientology to PlayStation and Sarah Palin. Their numerous operations have been both global and local in scope.

In the Edmonton videos, the group claimed to be part of a wide Internet sweep targeting Internet predators in the area, setting up fake profiles on Facebook, Plenty of Fish and Nexopia to lure pedophiles.

And, they said, they found some.

We have been waiting patiently over the last twenty four hours for your police service to respond

“We have been waiting patiently over the last twenty four hours for your police service to respond to us with some form of proof that they have apprehended the individuals that we lured out during our pedo sweep operation in your city. We have not received any confirmation. There has been no reply. This is unacceptable,” it said.