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Anonymous is a hacktivist group.
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Is it true that Anonymous is a hacktivist group?
Yes. A reference article directly describes Anonymous as an international decentralized collective of activist and hacktivist individuals, and several scholarly and news sources likewise refer to Anonymous as a hacktivist group.
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Anonymous. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous
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Anonymous (hacker group). (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(hacker_group)
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Hamed, W. B. & Benmansour, S. (2016). La scénographie numérique du discours hacktiviste des Anonymous. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4000/communication.6691
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Brown, B. (2024). My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/my-glorious-defeats
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Vigilante Media: Unveiling Anonymous and the Hacktivist Persona in the Global Press. (2015). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2015.1030682
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Hacktivism 1-2-3: how privacy enhancing technologies change the face of anonymous hacktivism. (n.d.). policyreview.info. https://policyreview.info/node/340/pdf
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Simple English Wikipedia: List of popular hacker groups. (n.d.). simple.wikipedia.org. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_hacker_groups
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Virtualized Violence and Anonymous Juries: Unpacking Steubenville’s “Big Red” Sexual Assault Case and the Role of Social Media. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085116687032
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Out of the Shadows: Analyzing Anonymous’ Twitter Resurgence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. (2022). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19303
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Anonymous muscle in on Canadian teen rape case. (2024). en.wikinews.org. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Anonymous_muscle_in_on_Canadian_teen_rape_case
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