Anonymous

Also known as Anonymous01

decentralized, internet-based protest movement which organizes cyber attacks and demonstrations for freedom and against various forms of grievance

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Anonymous is a decentralized internet-based movement that organizes cyber attacks and public demonstrations to protest what its participants view as injustices and to advocate for freedom. It matters because it represents a form of organized activism that operates outside traditional institutions and has the ability to mobilize large numbers of people online to challenge powerful organizations and governments.

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Official website: youranon.news
Image: Anonymous at Scientology in Los Angeles.jpg

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Commons category: Anonymous (group)
inception: 2003-00-00
social media followers: 7385957
hashtag: Anonymous

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Anonymous is an international collective, organized as a decentralized group of activist and hacktivist individuals, best known for orchestrating cyberattacks against governments, government institutions, agencies, corporations, and the Church of Scientology.

Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an "anarchic", digitized "global brain" or "hivemind". Anonymous members (known as anons) can sometimes be distinguished in public by the wearing of Guy Fawkes masks in the style portrayed in the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta. Some anons also opt to mask their voices through voice changers or text-to-speech programs.