Anonymous, Freedom of speech 2.0

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not  forget. Expect Us.

Anonymous is a hacktivist group which was formed on the image board 4chan, it has had the most monstrous transformation from a bunch of nerds hacking into people’s account and releasing their private pictures, to a giant internet conscience which has become a force to be reckoned with.

The concept of Meme’s that has become viral all over the net can be traced back to 4chan and with that to anonymous. A daily dose of troll dad, derp and derpina is a must for many of us know. From meme’s and outrageously X rated content anonymous  has grown to hacking government sites and attacking countless other sites.

Anonymous attacked the church of Scientology for taking down a Tom Cruise video about Scientology which went viral over the net.The church of Scientology tired to take down the video from the net because it  was subject to intense mockery all over the net. Anonymous which stands for freedom of speech attacked their site as a protest and distributed their personal cell numbers and private details all over the net. The protest was not just virtual, people took to the street and proved that anonymous was not just a bunch of nerds who wouldn't get out of their houses, they were One ! they were all together and would not rest or sit idle when someone was trying to censor the internet.

They attacked and took down many of Israeli governments sites, they protested what they called the “barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment of the Palestinian people”. They represent a sort of chaotic freedom, even though they do step on many legal boundaries and they surely piss off a lot of people but we can not discredit them for their contribution towards ensuring freedom of speech .

One of Anonymous's logo. Depicting a leader less group 

Wikileaks is an online organisation which publishes secret information and government files, it released many secret documents of the Afghanistan war, the corruption in Kenya  released diplomatic cables of the U.S state department.It published secret files relating to the prisoners detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp hence America declared Julian Assange as an enemy of the state. Due to the enormous pressure by american government and other parties involved,  Pay Pal and Visa the means through which people contributed to make the site free took out there support which left wikileaks without any funding. Anonymous, a figure of freedom of speech and knowledge that it is attacked the sites of Pay Pal and Visa and took it down to show there support for Julian Assagne and wikileaks.

Individuals of Anonymous, wearing Guy Fawkes masks denoting anonymity 

They took down the site of WBC( Westboro Baptist Church) and swore to destroy them . WBC is an american independent Baptist church known for its extreme ideologies especially those against Gays. WBC believes that whatever goes wrong in this world is a message from God ! They came into the radar of anonymous for there senseless and mad rants about how the shootout in Connecticut's Sandy elementary school which resulted in 26 deaths, 20 of them being children was a message from God for accepting the the LGBT( Lesbians Gays Bi-sexual Transgender) community  into the society!

Anonymous hacked WBC’s site, leaked their personal information and hacked the twitter account of one of their members.

It is turning out to be a global brain, there is no criterion for entering it, one can enter it just by wishing to enter and participating on image boards and forums of 4chan, 711chan, IRC channels and youtube.

Anonymous India attacked the bsnl site in protest of the section 66A which is a loosely defined law which constricts and aims to censor the internet .

 Time magazine named Anonymous as one of the most influential group of people in the world !

It’s a community.Its a culture.It’s a movement.Its fun and its dead serious.It is ANONYMOUS.