Anonymous's Influence On American Culture

The use of Distributed Denial of Service against MasterCard and Visa has facilitated a societal mind shift to a culture that values individual freedom. Clay Shirky said, “Authoritarian governments stifle communication among their citizens because they fear, correctly, that a better-coordinated populace would constrain their ability to act without oversight. ” This may have once been the case, but in recent years, governments have changed their stance on Internet freedom, with impact from hacktivist groups such as Anonymous. In January 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined how the government would promote Internet Freedom within the USA and abroad . Clinton described freedom to access information, freedom to produce public media, and the freedom to converse with others. This vision has good intentions as it should deliver rapid, directed responses to censorship by authoritarian states . With a clear strategy like this, the US government has a mission of strengthening civil society by connecting individuals via social media. This event is also rather significant as …show more content…
” Anonymous effectively is working towards liberal democracy that security researcher, Ronald J. Deibert, writes about. Through Anonymous’ asymmetric warfare attacks and the inherent nature of the Internet, individuals and groups can combine forces to carry out attacks that is disproportionate to their numbers . Anonymous makes a clear statement about why you should join them in their fight for Internet freedom – free access to the Internet will prompt a societal mind shift that allows individuals to manage personal affairs, grow and develop without fear of