Japan's 2channel an outlet for free speech, and hate
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 08/03/2010 02:15
[AFP] Japan's biggest Internet forum, where anonymous netizens trade anything from cooking tips to death threats, has long been an anarchic zone of uninhibited free speech and a magnet for controversy.
This week the raw commentary on 2channel - which with 10 million visits a month is one of the world's largest online bulletin boards - saw tempers flare anew.
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