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Mainstream media silent on G8 anti-piracy law

The 4,000 journalists covering the Group of 8 summit have scrutinized the contents of attendees’ meals. They’ve mocked the unjustifiable old-white-manishness of this and other global summits. They’ve even analyzed the global — if momentary — economic impact of George W. Bush’s speech.
But mainstream media coverage has not yet mentioned the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a [...]

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange discusses the ethics of corporate leaking

The UK-based Resist Network interviewed Wikileaks director Julian Assange about the ethics, mission and purpose of Wikileaks and whistleblowing. Check out the videos on YouTube:
The ethical leaking of corporate secrets:

The ethical leaking of government plans:

Secrets will be exposed sooner or later:

The higher moral code of Wikileaks and whistleblowing

Check out this fascinating article about Wikileaks from the Toronto Globe and Mail. The article’s writer, Ivor Tossell, discusses Wikileaks in the grand sense — what the site means for governments, dissidents and the Internet, and how the group’s legal invincibility and pro-citizen moral code have allowed it to take full advantage of the Internet [...]

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 [...]

Hot tips and controversy

Wikileaks.org publishes confidential documents received anonymously from dissidents, activists, journalists and whistleblowers operating around the world. Starvation at Fallujah, corruption in Kenya, slimy banking and sick, sick pedophiles - Wikileaks exposes them all.
The site’s stated mission is to develop “an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis.” Their primary goal: “to be of [...]