Archive for May, 2008
Wikileaks and the Straight Talk Express
Is it a secret anti-Democratic strategy sheet lifted from the McCain campaign, or a forged document, intended to stir controversy?
At this point, we can’t know for sure. The McCain campaign vehemently denied that the strategy sheet released by Wikileaks yesterday originated from their office. That makes it difficult to comment on what it means and [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008 under Politics, journalism, wikileaks.
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How to be secure and anonymous on the Internet
Internet security is tricky, but if you follow a few simple steps, you should be able to keep your data secure and prevent others from finding out which websites you’re visiting.
Watch this handy how-to video I made to find out more:
Wikileaks uses Tor to protect its whistleblowers. To get Tor, visit torproject.org. For a handy [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks.
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Did the Wikimedia Foundation lie about its role in deleting Wikinews articles? Yes, according to articles’ author.
The Wikimedia Foundation ordered an admin to delete two controversial Wikinews articles, and Jay Walsh, the Foundation’s head of communications, knew more about this than he would like to admit, according to Wikinews author Jason Safoutin.
Safoutin contacted me after listening to this interview with Walsh. Walsh denied first-hand knowledge of an internal conversation about the [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks, wikis.
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Wikileaks pledge drive ends June 1
Wikileaks is requesting donations to help keep them going and help them pay their legal fees against the Scientologists and the Mormons:
Over 200 people have signed up to our defence fund pledge. The sign up runs out on June 1. Join and foward! You can even create your own pledge.
http://www.pledgebank.com/defend-wl
“I will donate $200 towards defending [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2008 under Wikileaks vs. Scientology, Wikileaks vs. the Mormons, wikileaks.
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Does the Wikimedia Foundation censors its writers? Not according to communications director Jay Walsh.
A few days ago, Wikileaks accused the foundation that heads up Wikinews and Wikipedia of censorship after a controversial article was deleted from Wikinews.
Jason Safoutin, a Wikinews volunteer, wrote an article about alleged child pornography on Wikipedia. At issue: a 1976 Scorpions album cover that depicts a prepubescent girl in a provocative pose. The album [...]
Posted: May 21st, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks, wikis.
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Blog and other buzz on Wikinews article censorship
The Wikimedia Foundation censored a Wikinews article about possible child pornography on Wikipedia, according to Wikileaks‘ most recently leaked document.
For full coverage, see this post.
For buzz, background and inside responses, check out the following links:
From a Wikinews Watercooler thread about the censored article, a comment by the article’s author, DragonFire1024:
My beef: this was an office [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks, wikileaks and the law, wikis.
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Wikimedia’s dirty little secrets: Wikinews censors article about Wikipedia porn controversy
The Wikimedia Foundation censored a Wikinews article about possible child pornography on Wikipedia, according to Wikileaks‘ most recently leaked document.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the parent company of Wikipedia and Wikinews, as well as a bunch of other free-content, user-created wikis. Wikileaks is not associated with Wikimedia.
Here’s the scoop. What happened, and when:
A Wikipedia article about [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Wikileaks vs. Scientology, journalism, privacy, wikileaks, wikileaks and the law, wikis.
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Wikileaks and the Mormons
Not too long ago, Wikileaks posted two versions of the confidential Mormon Church Handbook of Instructions, until now only possessed by Church leaders.
Yesterday the Church issued a copyright infringement notice to Wikileaks. It also sent one to the Wikimedia Foundation because Wikinews had written an article about the Wikileaked document (Wikileaks is not associated with [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2008 under Wikileaks vs. the Mormons, wikileaks, wikileaks and the law.
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Scientology contract not for all Scientologists
The Scientology contract Wikileaks published two weeks ago is not intended for all Scientologists, according to the Church’s PR department.
Instead, only members of a fraternal order called the Sea Org are required to sign it.
Iron Hubbard/myspace
About 3,000 of the approximately 8 million Scientologists worldwide are Sea Org members, according to a Church public relations spokeswoman. [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2008 under Scientology, wikileaks.
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Wikileaks on technology, security and the ethics of leaking
The New Scientist published an article about Wikileaks this week, offering interesting insight into the Wikileaks’ functionality and philosophy.
(A subscription is required to read the entire article, but a blogger posted it here.)
Some highlights:
How Tor, the anonymising internet technology Wikileaks uses, works:
Tor routes documents sent to the Wikileaks website into a cloud of hundreds of [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks, wikileaks and the law.
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