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Will the Rise of Wikileaks Competitors Make Whistleblowing Resistant to Censorship? | E... - 1 views

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  • When payment providers, service providers and even visualization software services cut off services, Wikileaks struggled to keep their site online, going down for periods of time and reducing the content they carry. But while the availability of Wikileaks content was restricted, the demand from readers and media organizations to access that information stayed strong. Now a new generation of Wikileaks-inspired websites is populating the Internet — decentralizing the concept of whistleblowing and making it harder to shut down speech merely by cutting off services to one site.
  • Adam Rosenfeld on 20 Mar 11
     
    Short but very interesting article that touches on the phenomenon of multiple other websites similar to wikileaks springing up when wikileaks is attacked. Wikileaks has created a demand for such information and when the website is attacked by payment and service providers, other websites have stepped up to fill the void. Also, lots of interesting links built into this piece.
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WikiLeaks diplomatic documents put educators in a quandary - Page 2 - Philly.com - 0 views

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  • "There is an ethical and moral dimension here that cannot be ignored," he says. "Some people have suffered because of this [leak]; they may even be dead." Danspeckgruber says there is evidence that a number of foreign sources cited in the cables have been punished, perhaps even executed, for passing on information to U.S. diplomats.
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      Adam Rosenfeld on 20 Mar 11
       
      This professor touches on the ethical dilemma of even reading the documents
  • "It has been made clear by the government," she says by e-mail, "that it would be unwise for those who will need security clearances to avail themselves of the cables."Vladeck lays it out: "The government routinely asks potential employees whether they have had access to classified information in the past."If you've read the WikiLeaks material, he says, "you'd either have to say yes, and admit you've broken the law, or you'd have to lie." Not advisable, given the screening process, which often includes a polygraph test.
  • few weeks later," says Meunier, "one student in the [college military program] ROTC found out from his chain of command that reading the actual cables could prevent one from getting a security clearance."
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WikiLeaks diplomatic documents put educators in a quandary - Philly.com - 0 views

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  • "I personally think what Assange did was reprehensible," says Frank Plantan, codirector of the international-relations program at the University of Pennsylvania, echoing all the scholars with whom we spoke. "However, I do not see an ethical issue in using the materials once leaked. . . . There is nothing better than real-world examples."
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      Adam Rosenfeld on 20 Mar 11
       
      First two highlights get into using the leaks as an educational tool...this section begins to address the ethical issue surrounding such use of leaked confidential documents
  • "Strictly speaking, even the most innocent, well-intentioned educators" may be prosecuted for "disseminating classified materials," he says. "But it's a long shot whether the government would decide to prosecute."
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      Adam Rosenfeld on 20 Mar 11
       
      Legal implications. (Educational, ethical, and legal addressed in this article)
  • Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, says universities should foster the free exchange of ideas."We feel strongly that faculty should have a lot of discretion for what is appropriate for their classes," she says.
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Publication of WikiLeaks cable leads to calls for Indian prime minister's resignation - 0 views

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  • Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, responding to the attacks in parliament, described the leaked cable as "a correspondence between a sovereign government and its mission abroad, and it enjoys diplomatic immunity. Therefore, it is not possible for the government to either confirm it or deny it."
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      Adam Rosenfeld on 20 Mar 11
       
      Highly interesting here to see how India, and other nations, are dealing with the leaked documents...namely India's neither confirm nor deny stance.
  • he opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the report brought "shame to the nation.
  • report brought "shame to the nation." Both houses of parliament were adjourned amid a din of shouting.
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U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • The move by Ambassador Carlos Pascual comes amid tension between the United States and Mexico after a U.S. diplomatic cable released last fall by the WikiLeaks website quoted U.S. officials talking about "widespread corruption" in Mexican security agencies and "a dysfunctionally low level of collaboration."
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    Impact of wikileaks!!!! US Ambassador to Mexico to step down because of tension created by the diplomatic cables released by wikileaks.
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WikiLeaks Archive - A Selection From the Cache of Diplomatic Dispatches - Interactive F... - 0 views

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  • A small number of names and passages in some of the cables have been removed (———) by The New York Times to protect diplomats’ confidential sources, to keep from compromising American intelligence efforts or to protect the privacy of ordinary citizens.
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      Adam Rosenfeld on 20 Mar 11
       
      In the "About" section, wikileaks says "from time to time we may remove or significantly delay the publication of some identifying details from original documents to protect life and limb of innocent people." While it doesn't appear the cable wires put anyone's life in immediate danger, it it interesting to note that the Times additionally censors the documents... Why didn't wikileaks censor these documents already, or why did the Times feel the need to censor them when wikileaks didn't?
  • Below are a selection of the documents from a cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. A small number of names and passages in some of the cables have been removed (———) by The New York Times to protect diplomats’ confidential sources, to ke
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