== Westboro Baptist Church ==
On February 16, 2011, the [[Westboro Baptist Church ]] (WBC) issued a declaration of war against the group Anonymous. WBC claimed that Anonymous had threatened to start a war with their website and church. This caused much disquiet by antagonizing the trolls, and the violation of the idea of Freedom of Speech, a member of Anonymous called Topiary agreed to speak on the David Pakman Show on February 24<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJwSjor4hM]</ref>.
On the show Anonymous explained that it initially had no interest in WBC because it considered them unimportant and trolls , but after being harassed on the show , the group replaced their sites WBC's websites with a message explaining their lack of interest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/02/25/westboro_baptist_church_anonymous_website/|title=Anonymous shuts down Westboro Baptist Church site — during a live interview|work=Salon|first=Adam Clark|last=Estes|date=February 25, 2011|accessdate=October 19, 2012}}</ref>
== Anonymous and the Arab Spring ==