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Who is Anonymous VI

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The History of Anonymous

Anonymous traces back to 2004 as a group of computer gamers and aspiring hackers, harassing other computer users. Message and image boards such as 4chan, 7chan, 420chan, 711chan and other chans continue to form the core online haunts for the group. The London Guardian described 4chan as lunatic, juvenile Anonymous derives its inspiration from extremist literature and ideas and liberally uses symbols of hate to instill fear into people.

One of Anonymouss resources is Encyclopedia Dramatic (ED), a sick parody of Wikipedia written in an abusive style. Its humor is thin veneer covering deeply-rooted hate speech. There is no justification for pages such as the pages Niggr Manual that advocates regular beatings of African Americans, or their page describing the Holocaust as good times with graphic images of the death and destruction perpetrated during the Holocaust.

Coordinating their actions through these forums and image boards Anonymous has flooded computers of MySpace users with viruses and pornographic pictures and has raided online gaming sites. Their actions are anti-Semitic or racist or some other manifestation of bigotry; when people object, members respond with telephone threats uttered by computer-generated voices or with malicious computer attacks.

Anonymous is a convenient facade for criminal activity on the Internet and in the real world. Behind that facade are people, some of whom literally, not just figuratively, hide behind masks as they vent their basest impulses while rationalizing that their anonymity frees them from responsibility for their acts.

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