Mirrors describe the multiplication of data across a network.In this article, I examine the politics of mirroring as practiced on videos by the hacktivist network Anonymous.Mirrors are designed to retain visibility on social media platforms and motivate viewers towards activism.They emerge from a particular social structure and propagate a specific symbolic system.Furthermore, mirrors are not exact replicas nor postmodern representations.Rather, mirroring maps a contestation over visibility that entangles both cloud activists and platform firms.
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