In 2009 the Internet Censorship Bill was proposed through the Rudd government, which was aimed to filter and blacklist websites under “refused classification”. To combat this risk, an internet attack was coordinated under the professional name “Operation Titstorm” where members of Anonymous would send spam to government websites which would disable them for three days.
This sort of hacktivism allowed for global participation, without a central identity. Matthew George, who was apart of Operation Titstorm said “Anonymous isn’t really a group, it’s an idea” and “there are no ringleaders, there is no set place for Anonymous to meet, Anonymous is everyone and no one”. Without these physical boundaries hacktivists are able use actions such as the “distributed denial of service attacks” used in 2009, in order to protest for the freedom of knowledge.
This week’s remediation combines themes of the Anonymous group with important words about climate change from David Attenborough, so instead of a menacing video it is a calming lofi audio.
Bees and Bells 