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The Guy Fawkes mask (also known as the V for Vendetta mask or Anonymous mask) is a stylised depiction of Guy Fawkes (the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of Lords in London on 5 November 1605) created by illustrator David Lloyd for the 1982–1989 graphic novel V for Vendetta written by Alan ...
Jun 14, 2013 · The mask was first used by Anonymous in 2008 at the Project Chanology protest - a march on the Church of Scientology. The protest was a response to the church’s attempt to remove internet video clips of an interview with celebrity Scientologist, Tom Cruise.
Feb 17, 2015 · The mask you see worn at Anonymous protests is called a Guy Fawkes mask, so named for a seventeenth-century Briton who infamously attempted to bomb the House of Lords.
Feb 26, 2022 · Anonymous have once again been making headlines, as the group declared ‘cyberwar’ on Russia. In retaliation to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Anonymous breached the Russian Ministry of Defence ...
May 16, 2024 · An Anonymous mask is a type of mask typically worn by members of the Internet group "Anonymous" during public protests and demonstrations. It is basically a Guy Fawkes mask, and has been adopted by the group based primarily on its use in the comic book and film V for Vendetta.
Jan 8, 2015 · Anonymous. The hacktivist collective Anonymous popularized these masks in 2008 when it launched Project Chanology, a movement targeting the Church of Scientology after the church tried to...
Nov 5, 2015 · ANONYMOUS. / The hacktivist collective Anonymous popularized these masks in 2008 when it launched Project Chanology, a movement targeting the Church of Scientology after the church tried to...
Oct 20, 2011 · By Rosie Waites. BBC News Magazine. The sinister Guy Fawkes mask made famous by the film V for Vendetta has become an emblem for anti-establishment protest groups. Who's behind them? (Spoiler...
May 14, 2021 · What is now popularly known as the Anonymous mask is the creation of English illustrator David Lloyd. V for Vendetta, a comic series written by Alan Moore and Lloyd, tells the story of the masked and mysterious V, an anti-establishment figure who fights back against a totalitarian regime.
Feb 13, 2020 · "Remember, remember," theatrically inclined teenagers will tell you, "the fifth of November." Over the last forty years, Guy Fawkes and his grinning visage have occupied an ever-growing corner of the societal hive mind. But here's the true meaning behind the mask.
