Facebook page of Brno prankster activists removed

The Facebook page of a group that makes fun of the local authorities in the Czech Republic’s second city Brno has been removed after a complaint was lodged by a lawyer acting for Mayor Roman Onderka. The “Žít Brno” page, which had 17,000 fans, disappeared on Friday night. Neither the mayor nor his lawyer was available for comment. The group had “hijacked” what they regarded as a nonsensical official city slogan (“Žít Brno” translates roughly as “Live Brno” but does not make grammatical sense) and parodied local officials, including Mr. Onderka.

Author: Ian Willoughby