In this Feb. 11, 2012, file photo, protestors wearing Guy Fawkes masks hold the logos of the international hacker group Anonymous during a demonstration against Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Budapest, Hungary. Citing his co-operation with the U.S. government in helping to prevent at least 300 computer hacks against targets in the United States, as well has his help in dismantling computer hacking crew Anonymous, federal prosecutors will ask for leniency when former hacker Hector Xavier Monsegur is sentenced in New York on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.(Photo: Janos Marjai, AP)
Anonymousis an amorphous group of hacker activists who haveinserted themselves into several conflicts worldwide, including actions inIsrael, the United States andEurope.
There is no oneAnonymous groupbut rather several individuals and groups thatmake statements and take action under the broad umbrella of the name.
TheirYouTube videos often include a stylized image of a black and white suit with a question mark where the head should be. The voiceovers are done using computer software, giving them an eerie, and untracable, tone.
Anonymous actions frequently include hacking into and disseminating information that purportedly belongs to people in power, in order to discredit or embarrass them. In November of 2015, for example, the group released names and email addresses of people it said were members of the racist hate group the Ku Klux Klan.
They often use the tag line, "We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
GUY FAWKES IMAGE
In public protests, those representing themselves as Anonymous often wear Guy Fawkes masks. Fawkes was an English Catholic who participated in a plot to overthrowKing James Iand put a Catholic back on the English throne in 1605. The plot failed and Fawkes was condemned to death.
In recent years, Fawkes has been taken up as an icon by some anarchist groups, in part because of the use of aGuy Fawkes maskby the central character in the graphic novel "V for Vendetta" byAlan Mooreand the subsequent movie.
In general, the decentralized collection of Internet savvy activists believe in freedom and and end to censorship. It supported theOccupy movement in the United States and has been active in issues surrounding the shooting ofMichael Brown in the Ferguson, Mo. in 2014.
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