The hacktivist collective known as anonymous has been
around since 2003. The groups’ origin began in the early days of message
boards, where users would post images instead of text, although text was also
used. Perhaps the strongest reasons behind “Anonymous” using image boards
in its infancy were because of the subculture that went along with these types
of boards. Not to mention a picture is worth a thousand words.
Image boards are often a closely knit community where users understand the language and ethics that are usually unique to that board. Also, these boards encourage posting by "Anonymous" users and allowed them the ability to quickly delete threads or posts. This served groups such as Anonymous greatly. The Ability to easily "cover their tracks" by deleting posts and even entire accounts is very appealing.
Since its inception Anonymous has stood out publicly against many issues. These issues range anywhere from censorship to Scientology Many believe that the group was originally formed to speak out against internet censorship. This earned the group an instant fan base that often referred to them as a "Digital Robin Hood"
The collective has even been known to provide authorities with pertinent information to help solve several crimes. In 2007 the group organized a (DDOS) attack on a website known as Lolita city. The website "Lolita City" was said have to have held large amounts of child pornography and served as a forum to individuals seeking this type of information. In one case police arrested a man after an “Anonymous” hacked email that had been previously unattainable by the police. It is reasons like this one that many people are in support of the group.
Maybe the most notable recent event that you may recognize the collective Anonymous to have been involved with is the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. When it became known that protesters of the occupy movement were getting increasingly violent. Anonymous merged with protesters and urged them to put a stop to the disorder and remain focused on their goals. They relied heavily on the use of Twitter to communicate with protesters.
Social Media platforms are the methods for which Anonymous gains its popularity and recruits its new members. It calls on individuals to join in and help with new goals and movements. The group has its very own YouTube channel where it is publicly anonymous. They have used this channel as a vessel for speaking out against the recent decisions made by Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. They have also used social networks like Twitter to make known their outrage against instagram's new terms of service agreement. The group used the trending Hashtag, #BoycottInstagram and tweeted this.
"ALL YOUR PHOTOS ARE BELONG TO US" - @instagram | #BoycottInstagram— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews)" This tweet gained them more than 500 retweets in less than an hour.
Whether you agree with their beliefs or the methods they use, you have to agree that some good will come from Groups like this in their continuing need to keep the American people thinking about the issues that plague our society.
Image boards are often a closely knit community where users understand the language and ethics that are usually unique to that board. Also, these boards encourage posting by "Anonymous" users and allowed them the ability to quickly delete threads or posts. This served groups such as Anonymous greatly. The Ability to easily "cover their tracks" by deleting posts and even entire accounts is very appealing.
Since its inception Anonymous has stood out publicly against many issues. These issues range anywhere from censorship to Scientology Many believe that the group was originally formed to speak out against internet censorship. This earned the group an instant fan base that often referred to them as a "Digital Robin Hood"
The collective has even been known to provide authorities with pertinent information to help solve several crimes. In 2007 the group organized a (DDOS) attack on a website known as Lolita city. The website "Lolita City" was said have to have held large amounts of child pornography and served as a forum to individuals seeking this type of information. In one case police arrested a man after an “Anonymous” hacked email that had been previously unattainable by the police. It is reasons like this one that many people are in support of the group.
Maybe the most notable recent event that you may recognize the collective Anonymous to have been involved with is the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. When it became known that protesters of the occupy movement were getting increasingly violent. Anonymous merged with protesters and urged them to put a stop to the disorder and remain focused on their goals. They relied heavily on the use of Twitter to communicate with protesters.
Social Media platforms are the methods for which Anonymous gains its popularity and recruits its new members. It calls on individuals to join in and help with new goals and movements. The group has its very own YouTube channel where it is publicly anonymous. They have used this channel as a vessel for speaking out against the recent decisions made by Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. They have also used social networks like Twitter to make known their outrage against instagram's new terms of service agreement. The group used the trending Hashtag, #BoycottInstagram and tweeted this.
"ALL YOUR PHOTOS ARE BELONG TO US" - @instagram | #BoycottInstagram— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews)" This tweet gained them more than 500 retweets in less than an hour.
Whether you agree with their beliefs or the methods they use, you have to agree that some good will come from Groups like this in their continuing need to keep the American people thinking about the issues that plague our society.
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