Wikileaks

[ramza]

http://www.wikileaks.org/index.html

 

Neat!

[Tale]

Hopefully it doesn't become merely the outlet for conspiracy theorists and political opinion.

[metadigital]

Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by non-technical people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.

 

We believe that transparency in government activities leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies. Many governments would benefit from increased scrutiny by the world community, as well as their own people. We believe this scrutiny requires information. Historically that information has been costly - in terms of human life and human rights. Wikileaks will facilitate safety in the ethical leaking movement.

I concur wholeheartedly.

 

Excellent.

[Purgatorio]

[metadigital]

Nice quote, should be here. :D

[Purgatorio]

But I was quoting them. :D

[metadigital]

Recursive loop detected!

 

ABEND: Stack O/F

[Musopticon?]

This looks excellent.

 

It's also a perfect root source for papers.

[Diamond]

I am sceptical. If it becomes sufficiently popular to be of any use, it will be flooded with garbage. Imagine how convenient it would be to in politics to distribute discreditable information about your opposition before the elections, or force some politician to leave their position. It is a very common practice in Russia.

[metadigital]

Well, that can be said of any information. You are right to be skeptical, as we all should of new information.

 

Just because this is more organised, doesn't mean that it can't be better managed (in fact it should be possible to successfully manage the disinformation better):

We believe that transparency in government activities leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies. Many governments would benefit from increased scrutiny by the world community, as well as their own people. We believe this scrutiny requires information. Historically that information has been costly - in terms of human life and human rights. Wikileaks will facilitate safety in the ethical leaking movement.

 

Wikileaks opens leaked documents up to a much more exacting scrutiny than any media organization or intelligence agency could provide. Wikileaks will provide a forum for the entire global community to examine any document for credibility, plausibility, veracity and falsifiability. They will be able to interpret documents and explain their relevance to the public. If a document comes from the Chinese government, the entire Chinese dissident community can freely scrutinize and discuss it; if a document arrives from Iran, the entire Farsi community can analyze it and put it in context.

 

Again, it's not going to happen all by itself; that's not the scope of the project. This is just a safe, third-party medium to get information our, then grade it for credibility and veracity, then promulgate the consequent "truths" to the public domain.