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President Barack Obama said today that Sony Pictures made a mistake in canceling the release of the movie “The Interview” after a cyberattack from North Korean-backed hackers.

“I am sympathetic to the concerns that they face. Having said all that, yes, I think they made a mistake,” Obama said at a White House news conference.

“We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States,” Obama said. “That’s not who we are. That’s not what America is about.”

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