Foreign Affairs Desk Roadmap

Anyone who wishes to contract with Anonymous Foreign Affairs Desk will need to first understand a few basic things, which we have laid out below.

The Foreign Affairs Desk is a multi-stage press enterprise. It is currently in Phase Two of operations:

Phase One operations (which concluded in the summer of 2024) involved the launch and promotion of the Brand, to push it into the public consciousness. This was no easy feat, as agents of the Fediverse and the State of California saw it as a threat to their hegemony over our hivemind. This was countered with a series of public relations stunts and undercover exposes, involving the targeting of several cults and high-profile informants.

During this phase, the Foreign Affairs Desk was able to establish an identity and attitude. It quickly amassed a devoted cult following and secured several critical partnerships, preparing the tabloid for the future.

Phase Two operations at the Foreign Affairs Desk began in late Summer 2024, with the transfer of many of its interns to the Anonymous Military Institute and other Operations. The remaining staff are currently overseeing a professional overhaul of the brand, allowing the tabloid to take on rival organizations such as YourAnonNews and the New York Times.

This involves a focus less on PR stunts and eye-catching shitposts, and more on the reporting of actual infosec news and community gossip. See the Content Policy for more details.

Theoretical Phase Three operations are already on the drawing board. While ironing out plans here hinge on the inevitable success of Phase Two, many potentialities are already being considered. These include:

• The build-up of a fleet of powerful sports cars, news trucks, boats and helicopters for our reporters.
• A censorship-immune digital presence, including an array of mirror websites, darkweb relays, and various pirate radio and amateur radio streams.
• The stationing of reporters in the parliaments, congress halls, presidential palaces, embassies, etc, of every sovereign nation on Earth.
• A print edition of the tabloid, which can be tied to heavy objects and thrown at pedestrians or through the windows of government officials.
• An in-house pharmaceutical R&D lab, to resume the valuable studies and human trials once conducted by the now-defunct 420chan.
• The acquisition of several private islands to function as the various regional headquarters of the tabloid.

Editors and freelance reporters for the Foreign Affairs Desk will need to work together to cover a myriad of subjects. These will fall into one of two categories: Daily News and Special Features.

Special features are where the brand identity of the Foreign Affairs Desk really has a chance to shine. These will be inserted into the schedule at opportune moments as they become available, and given the highest priority during promotions. These include, but will not be limited to:

• “Long read” articles, hosted on allied platforms
• In-house produced video content
• Deep undercover reports and exposes
• Interviews
• Equipment field-tests and reviews

For now, reference the AP Style Guide. However, we are not strict about this, since it is not… ideal. We will be developing our own internal style guide tailored to our particular digital format, which will be detailed on this page eventually.