The Guy Fawkes mask has become so incendiary that several Middle Eastern countries are prohibiting its import and sale. The Saudi Ministry of Interior did just that on May 30, claiming the mask ...

Just days after the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, the iconic mask of Guy Fawkes appeared – again – in two videos released in French by the hacktivist techno-social collective ...

Anonymous: How the Guy Fawkes mask became an icon of the protest movement. The group has become increasingly notorious through attacks on organisations including the CIA, Ku Klux Klan and PayPal.

This week in Slate, Rob Walker writes about the surprisingly recognizable branding of hacker group Anonymous.As Walker notes, the 4chan-based group’s public face has become the Guy Fawkes mask ...

Guy Fawkes masks, used by many demonstrators in protests around the world and in the recent wave of demonstrations in Brazil, are pictured at a factory assembly line in Sao Goncalo near Rio de ...

Guy Fawkes Night and the mask's history go all the way back to 1605 and the Gunpowder Plot, which was a failed plan to blow up the English Parliament using 36 barrels of gunpowder.

The Guy Fawkes mask was chosen because it was both affordable and ubiquitous worldwide. Revolutionary echoes handed down from Fawkes himself certainly added to its appeal. Advertisement.

Guy Fawkes masks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) That’s not part of the holiday but a recent creation, with little connection to the historical Guy.

The Guy Fawkes mask has become so incendiary that several Middle Eastern countries are prohibiting its import and sale. The Saudi Ministry of Interior did just that on May 30, claiming the mask ...

Guy Fawkes masks, used by many demonstrators in protests around the world and in the recent wave of demonstrations in Brazil, are pictured at a factory assembly line in Sao Goncalo near Rio de ...

Just days after the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, the iconic mask of Guy Fawkes appeared – again – in two videos released in French by the hacktivist techno-social collective Anonymous.