HACKER GROUP PLANS TO 'KILL' FACEBOOK

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://gadgetfeel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/facebook-banned.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://gadgetfeel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/facebook-banned.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><br /> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">A hacker group known as Anonymous have said they will "kill" Facebook on November 5, in retaliation to what it calls a breach of privacy.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">The most popular social media site in the world - Facebook has over 500 million registered users - has been selling information to government agencies and given access to information security firms to allow them to "spy on people", the hacker group alleged.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">In a video posted on Youtube, the secret organisation called on "willing hacktivists" to join them in their battle against Facebook and privacy.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">"Everything you do on Facebook stays on Facebook regardless of your 'privacy' settings, and deleting your account is impossible," it says.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">Anonymous said it will take down the website on November 5.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">"Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed," it said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">"If you are a willing hacktivist or a guy who just wants to protect the freedom of information then join the cause and kill Facebook for the sake of your own privacy."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">Anonymous has been linked to a number of incidents, including bringing down the Playstation Network and hacking into the CIA.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">They've also been linked to the hacking of the websites of infamous church Westboro Baptist.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;">The organisation is made up of hackers around the world who believe in the same goals set by the group.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SWQTS8zqYXU?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><br /> </div>

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