Pepe the Frog removed from Daily Stormer after creator makes legal challenge

Matt Furie, whose ‘peaceful frog-dude’ was adopted by extremists, wins copyright action against neo-Nazi website but lawyers describe ‘whack-a-mole’ struggle to eliminate its use

The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has succeeded in having images of his character, which has been adopted against his wishes as a symbol by the far right, removed from neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer.

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