The intent of this essay is to analyze the images and symbols used by the group known as “
ANONYMOUS” and to understand the implications of the messages encoded within their logos and communications. Anonymous claims to operate without leadership and has been participating in major world-wide political events including the
2009 Iranian Elections and the Occupation of Wall-Street in 2011. Some insiders in “AnonOps,” which provides communications platforms for the group, have issued contrary statements :
A former AnonOps member wrote:
“From the f [-] ing beginning (during the hack at Aiplex which started Operation Payback) there has been an secret club, an aristocracy in AnonOps, deciding how operations will play out in invite-only channels.
It’s obvious, for they control the topic, the
hivemind, the guides, every single thing behind the scenes…“
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