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Barrett Brown

Barrett Brown
Barrett Brown is an award-winning journalist who has written for Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Vice, The Intercept, Skeptic, Al-Jazeera, and other outlets. In 2016 he won the National Magazine Award in the category of columns and commentary. He was released from federal prison in November 2016 after serving four years. He declared political asylum in the United Kingdom in 2021 and currently lives in London.


What the Decentralized Nature of Anonymous Tells Us About Its Power

Barrett Brown Chronicles the Rise of the Early Internet’s Most Famous Subculture
July 12, 2024  By Barrett Brown
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