http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/15/anonymous-digital-culture-protest
"Anonymous' core strength lies in its PR tactics, not its
boots-on-the-ground protests or actual hacking skills. Besides
#OpJustice4Rehtaeh, in the last week Anonymous attacked North Korean social media accounts, then Israeli websites
in solidarity with the Palestinians. While both operations apparently
caused no substantial impact (North Korea is still a dictatorship, and
Israel hasn't changed its stance on Palestine), they were both highly
publicised, which is enough of a win for the group now primarily
concerned with mobilising activists through the spread of information.
If fact, Anonymous has been making headlines on an almost weekly basis
for over a year now.
Australian security expert Stilgherrian calls this adoption of multiple causes, going beyond Anonymous's initial defence of internet freedoms, as proof they have become the 'Hello Kitty of activism,' but Coleman likens Anonymous's current, accepting form to something
more organic: a fungus. "They refuse to die and they seem to bud in new
places and situations," she explains. 'They spore and spread' around the
globe because clicktivism is easy and fitting with our already
established digital habits."
Anonymous still evolving.
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