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-'''Anonymous''' is the informal name of a group of American and European domestic terrorists and internet hackers<ref>http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/FOX_11_Investigates_Anonymous</ref> who carry out attacks on websites [[Liberal censorship|they object to]], or just to cause havoc and mayhem. According to Anonymous, the plural form is anon (more than one person using the name anonymous)
-The name 'Anonymous' comes largely from the internet website 4chan.org and its various deviations (7chan, 720chan, 2chan etc.) which is a forum site for trolls. Users who go there are automatically given the name Anonymous.
-Activities of anonymous include hacking the email and personal networking accounts of innocent people<ref>http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/FOX_11_Investigates_Anonymous</ref>, uploading flashing images to [[epilepsy]] sites<ref>http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy</ref>, putting [[pornography]] on [[YouTube]] for children to see<ref>http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/05/4chan-ebaumsworld-carpet-bombing-youtube-with-porn-videos.ars</ref>, attacking the [[Church of Scientology]]<ref>http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9219/hackers_declare_war_on_scientology_with_project_chanology/</ref>, hacking news networks to claim CEOs of major corporations are dead to profit off the decline of the companies stock<ref>http://infotech.indiatimes.com/news/software-services/Now-hackers-say-Steve-Jobs-dead/articleshow/3956169.cms</ref>, and, in general, discouraging use of the internet for productive or decent purposes.<ref>http://www.laweekly.com/2009-02-05/columns/my-date-with-anonymous-a-rare-interview-with-the-illusive-internet-troublemakers/</ref>
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-{{Terrorism}}

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