The Faces of Hacktivism by the Anonymous Collective in the Context of Russian War Against Ukraine. Comparison Between 2014 and 2022

Hacktivism is a social phenomena which evokes different assessments. The definitions of term differ in many respects. This theoretical model hacktivism has not yet been implemented into an empirical strategy for sociological research. paper describes the main initiatives taken by Anonymous collective during 2014 conflict Ukraine, considered researchers to be first stage preparation war triggered Russia 2022. Author analyses collective’s activity 2022, after started, order identify similarities and differences creation information messages about situation. comparative analysis covers published Anonymous’ tweets selected online news services. She asks question possible consequences actions open cyber field moods around world. To what extent these media their construction have reflected perception and/or attitudes towards Russia’s aggression? theoretic explorations were embedded mainly on two methods: criticism writing analytical one.