Remember the mask from protests here ...
![<strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/11/154750736/has-occupy-crashed-or-just-begun">New York</a>:</strong> A young man with an Anonymous mask marches with Occupy Wall Street protesters on Nov. 11, 2011, at Zuccotti Park in New York.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/517bbd7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3844x2159+0+0/resize/880x494!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2F132331355_wide-7bc44373dec6bb9e1bcf675b80464feb88f6f1ff.jpg)
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... here...
![<strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/23/165765488/egyptians-take-to-the-streets-after-president-expands-powers">Alexandria, Egypt</a>:</strong> A masked protester poses with a tear gas canister in front of a burning vehicle during clashes between opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters on Dec. 21, 2012.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2228d90/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3536x1990+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2Fap337366531360_wide-efb84dde2ba7e3763b7e02b43b0fe5d31aa5a077.jpg)
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... and here?
![<strong><a href="http://menasolidaritynetwork.com/2012/05/02/tunisia-thousands-fill-streets-to-celebrate-may-day/">Tunis, Tunisia</a>:</strong> A man wears an Anonymous mask during a May Day rally on May 1.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/85ddec5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1685+0+0/resize/880x494!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2Fap645920398176_wide-6bd699131b569425bdb72cbf35a436ac9e28ed56.jpg)
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Turns out some of those used here...
![<strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/06/18/193101142/with-inspiration-from-turkey-brazil-discovers-mass-protests">Rio de Janeiro</a>:</strong> Demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes masks and waving a Brazilian national flag march in downtown Rio on June 17 against higher public transportation fares and the use of public funds to finance international soccer tournaments.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d3b810e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3403x1914+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2F170761838_wide-56f3bb0991fbba75720fb22d332ba7a711e383a6.jpg)
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... were made here:
During the Occupy protests two years ago, Slate had an excellent piece on the mask's origins and its use by protesters and the hacker group Anonymous. And The Guardian did a post on who owns the rights to the mask. Both are worth reading.
(h/t: Boing Boing)
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