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Is Anonymous Going Mainstream Following Website Funding?

Posted by samzenpus on from the official-anonymity dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "For a completely online movement, the lack of an official Anonymous website is certainly strange. The reason, according to Anonymous itself is down to the lack of a hierarchical structure. However, one Anonymous-linked group could be about to change all that, having succeeded in securing $55,000 in funding for a website. Is this the beginning of Anonymous going mainstream? From the article: 'The @YourAnonNews (YAN) Twitter account has over one million followers and has leveraged its popularity to successfully raise over $55,000 (£34,000) through a crowd-funding campaign on the Indiegogo website. The funding drive was established to allow those behind the YAN account to set up a website of its own which will allow it "to collect breaking reports and blog postings from the best independent reporters online."'"

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  1. Way to miss the point YAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The idea of an official Anonymous anything is absurd.

    And for an unofficial Anonymous site, there's 4chan.

  2. Re:Unwitting Accomplices? by phantomfive · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you really think that posting anonymously online reaches the standard of 'probable cause,' or even 'reasonable suspicion'? Because that's what they're going to need if they're going to prosecute them (in the US, Australia might have different standards).

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  3. This isn't just late, this is slowpoke meme status by B1oodAnge1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anonymous went mainstream circa 2007. Anyone thinking anything different has no understanding of what is actually going on.

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  4. Re:Unwitting Accomplices? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You don't need "probable cause" or even evidence, in "terrorism" cases, apparently.

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  5. Misdirection by sstamps · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone who thinks that this represents or is backed by the core activists who are part of the collective is, well.. a fool parted with their money.

    It would paint a massive bulls-eye target on anyone associated with it, pretty much saying "here I am, come get me!".

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  6. Re:Cheese is the real victim here by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Someone on 4chan said it best: "Anyone claiming to represent anon is not anon."

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