In this study, we interviewed 22 prominent hacktivists to learn their take on the increased proliferation of misinformation on social media. We found that none of. Verkkoin recent years, wikileaks and anonymous have made headlines distributing confidential information, defacing websites, and generating protest around political. Verkkothe agents of hacktivism can espouse crude, and sometimes extreme, libertarian ideas: Ideas without much of a following among voters in most.