By: Mark Brown
Following a ban from Google+, web hacktivist clan Anonymous has said it will build its own social network -- one that won't tolerate "being shut down, censored or oppressed."
The nameless collective was ousted from Google's new social service earlier this month. The search giant shut down "Your Anon News," saying that "some of the posted content violates our Community Standards."
According to Anonymous, the masthead account was just one of many associated profiles to be silenced. "This is the sad fact of what happens across the internet when you walk to a different beat of the drum", the group said on its Tumblr blog.
"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 organised black outs," the authorless blog post reads. "That day has came [sic] to an end."
The group has announced AnonPlus, "a new social network where there is no fear of censorship, of blackout, nor of holding back."
Right now, AnonPlus.com is simply a holding page to declare the group's lawless intentions and plans to beat "tyranny". "Soon the actual site will go up and you can begin to interact with it," the site reads. It also says that AnonPlus is "for all people, not just anonymous."
Google+ will definitely not be catering to anonymity anytime soon. The burgeoning circle-obsessed service has already faced heated identity issues as it forces users to ditch pseudonyms and fake monikers in favour of real-world names.
Source: http://www.wired.co.uk
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