Starting with the story of Mercedes Renee Haefer, who was arrested with the attacks against online payment service PayPal, the vendetta against Scientology, the defense of WikiLeaks, and support of the actions in Tunisia and Egypt during the Arab Spring (Watercutter). All launching We Are Legion into the headlines while uncovering the truth behind the attacks, the people behind the group, and the actions the government has taken to shut down Anonymous.
We Are Legion is an ‘okay’ film for the following reasons, I left the film with further knowledge regarding anonymous then I went in. However, it goes over copious topics quickly, and I felt that if they were to focus on fewer issues and delve deeper into them that it would have had a deeper …show more content…
Anonymous is a large group of people all around the world, uncovering information and standing up the government. “We stand for freedom. We stand for freedom of speech. The power of the people. The ability of them to protest against their government. To right wrongs. No censorship, especially online, but also in real life” (Anonymous). Throughout the past years, the activity of anonymous has become an increasing concern in America. The film focuses on the opinions and actions of Anonymous to explain what they are doing and why.
The members could be taking the information they are accessing it from and giving it to someone that can do greater damage. They could be working for other governments and getting secret information. But on the other hand, the NSA has an entire spy center made of hackers. So what is the difference between the people they are throwing in jail, and the people they are hiring to do their dirty work? June 8th, 2011 the FBI hired Hector Monsegur to be an inside man in Anonymous for them, retrieving documents, releasing member names, to build cases against them.
As well as, logic and factual details throughout the movie.The director, Brian Knappenberger, mainly focuses on moral and emotional support from the audience to back his reasoning. The film We Are Legion was also featured at the Traverse City Film Festival in 2012, when the movie was first
We Are Legion is an ‘okay’ film for the following reasons, I left the film with further knowledge regarding anonymous then I went in. However, it goes over copious topics quickly, and I felt that if they were to focus on fewer issues and delve deeper into them that it would have had a deeper …show more content…
Anonymous is a large group of people all around the world, uncovering information and standing up the government. “We stand for freedom. We stand for freedom of speech. The power of the people. The ability of them to protest against their government. To right wrongs. No censorship, especially online, but also in real life” (Anonymous). Throughout the past years, the activity of anonymous has become an increasing concern in America. The film focuses on the opinions and actions of Anonymous to explain what they are doing and why.
The members could be taking the information they are accessing it from and giving it to someone that can do greater damage. They could be working for other governments and getting secret information. But on the other hand, the NSA has an entire spy center made of hackers. So what is the difference between the people they are throwing in jail, and the people they are hiring to do their dirty work? June 8th, 2011 the FBI hired Hector Monsegur to be an inside man in Anonymous for them, retrieving documents, releasing member names, to build cases against them.
As well as, logic and factual details throughout the movie.The director, Brian Knappenberger, mainly focuses on moral and emotional support from the audience to back his reasoning. The film We Are Legion was also featured at the Traverse City Film Festival in 2012, when the movie was first