Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution. Google, les Etats-Unis et l'Egypte. Numeric tools for the dissidents. Work in progress.. #tunisia #egypt. 2 new Anon Operations promote net freedom in US, Tunisia. It appears that Anonymous, the vigilante internet freedom-fighting group that rose to fame with their WikiLeaks-defending DDoS attacks, are still busy gathering support for their latest missions despite increasing legal issues involving the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and international law enforcement agencies.
Anonymous members and supporters are currently rallying support for two new missions: Operation Bling and Operation Tunisia. For Operation Tunisia, the group gathered over 9,000 people online Sunday to protest government censorship of websites, including WikiLeaks, and the mission, which has resulted in a “near blackout” of the nation’s government sites, appears to be ongoing.
“This is a warning to the Tunisian government: attacks at the freedom of speech and information of its citizens will not be tolerated. With Operation Bling, which is directed toward US citizens, Anonymous is taking a more subtle approach to their usual website hacking ways.