Anonymous hacking group launches own social network
Google didn't really know what it unleashed when it banned Anonymous form its social network site Google+. The group has announced that it would be launching its own social networking site, called "AnonPlus" after Google+ banned Anonymous or 'yourannonnews' from the site.
The site at anonplus.com only has a lineup of headless suits supporting a giant Guy Fawkes mask and the words: "Expect us".
"Welcome to AnonPlus. This will be your future. This will be our future. Today, we welcome you to begin anew...to watch this glorious incipience happen - one upon which you will never turn your back on," explains the site's mandate.
The statement continues with:"Welcome to the Revolution - a new social network where these is no fear of censorship...of blackout...nor of holding back. Life is what you make it - and we are making it. As you step through into the coming weeks, months, and years with us...they will know that we've arrived. There will be no more oppression. There will be no more tyranny. We are the people and we are Anonymous. We have arrived."
The group was banned after Google found it had content that violated Google's Community Standards. Google also blocked their Gmail account.
"This is the sad fact of what happens across the internet when you walk to a different beat of the drum," wrote the group in another site. "We've all heard the stories of activists being banned from FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, and governments blocking their people from these sites as well through organized black outs."
"That day has came to an end. Not only did a few people organized [sic] an Operation [against] Google+, but we have started to build our own Social Network... The sheep era is over. The interwebz are no longer your prison."
It will be interesting if the social networking site run by hackers will ever get the members other networking sites have. If anything else at least hackers will have a site to vent their frustrations on.