Anonymous in venice
by Ric Nagualero
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Title
Anonymous in venice
Artist
Ric Nagualero
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a loosely associated international network of activist and hacktivist entities. The group became known for a series of well-publicized publicity stunts on government, religious, and corporate websites.
Anonymous members (known as "Anons") can be distinguished in public by the wearing of stylised Guy Fawkes masks.
In its early form, the concept was adopted by a decentralized online community acting anonymously in a coordinated manner, usually toward a loosely self-agreed goal, and primarily focused on entertainment. Beginning with 2008's Project Chanology�a series of protests, pranks, and hacks targeting the Church of Scientology�the Anonymous collective became increasingly associated with collaborative, hacktivism on a number of issues internationally.
Individuals claiming to align themselves with Anonymous undertook protests and other actions (including direct action) in retaliation against anti-digital piracy campaigns by motion picture and recording industry trade associations. Later targets of Anonymous hacktivism included government agencies of the US, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda, and others; child pornography sites; copyright protection agencies; the Westboro Baptist Church; and corporations such as PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, and Sony.
Anons have publicly supported WikiLeaks and the Occupy movement. Related groups LulzSec and Operation AntiSec carried out cyberattacks on US government agencies, media, video game companies, military contractors, military personnel, and police officers, resulting in the attention of law enforcement to the groups activities.
Dozens of people have been arrested for involvement in Anonymous cyberattacks, in countries including the US, UK, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey. Evaluations of the group's actions and effectiveness vary widely.
Supporters have called the group "freedom fighters" and digital Robin Hoods while critics have described them as "a cyber lynch-mob" or "cyber terrorists".
In 2012, Time called Anonymous one of the "100 most influential people" in the world.
Anonymous opposes internet censorship and control, and the majority of their actions target governments, organizations, and corporations that they accuse of censorship. Anons were early supporters of the global Occupy movement and the Arab Spring. Since 2008, a frequent subject of disagreement within Anonymous is whether members should focus on pranking and entertainment or more serious (and in some cases political) activism.
The group's few rules include not disclosing one's identity, not talking about the group, and not attacking media. Members commonly use the tagline
"We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
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