Anonymous Launches Citizen Journalism Website
International hacktivist group Anonymous is looking to go legit – at least with the way it looks to share news and information. The controversial hacking collective has launched a website for crowd-sourced news.
The group has announced Your Anon News (or YAN), named after the group’s Twitter handle. The news venture looks to move some of the group’s content away from its Twitter and Tumblr feeds, where Anonymous has traditionally made announcements and linked to articles.
Anonymous also took the crowd-sourcing path to raise funds for the venture, and went to Indiegogo, where it raised $54,668, far outpacing its initial goal. The group originally sought out to raise just $2,000, but greatly exceeded those goals, as more than 1,000 people contributed to the fund.
