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Cyber Foes Find Ways to Silence Hate-Talk Radio Host

Peter J. Sampson writes on The Detroit Free Press:

An outlaw band of cyber warriors has managed to do what Hal Turner’s most ardent opponents haven’t — silence the hate-talk radio host, at least for a while.

An anonymous cadre of pranksters has targeted Turner’s weekly Internet radio program and Web sites, in escalating attacks over the past two months that have all but put him out of business.

Turner, a white supremacist who has advocated violence against minorities and government officials, is trying to fight back, with a federal lawsuit that accuses five Web sites and “John Does 1-1,000” of engaging in fraud, extortion and racketeering.

Acting as his own attorney, Turner recently asked a judge in Newark, N.J., to grant an injunction against the Web sites, which he says make the attacks possible. But the judge said he first needs to hear from the defendants — whoever they may be.

posted by Fergie @ 2/05/2007 12:26:00 PM