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Assange and Wikileaks have been demonised because they decided to release information in such a way as to deliberately influence an election. The DNC/Podesta l

Assange and Wikileaks have been demonised because they decided to release information in such a way as to deliberately influence an election. The DNC/Podesta leaks were timed specifically to cause maximum negative effect to Clinton and the Democrats. Then there's the lack of curation in some of the leaks. A lot of personal data that shouldn't be public by any means (e.g. medical information, sexual identity) has been leaked by Wikileaks. There is a limit to what information should be open and available to the public. I also can't help but feel like they've stopped being transparency campaigners and whistleblowers, and now do it for the social media spectacle and publicity. Just look at how they released Vault 7, with their viral cryptic posts before the release. Wikileaks feels more like a media agency than a group of transparency crusaders these days.

kodablah 8y ago
Exactly as you state (though maybe not intend). Those cheering him on didn't care about the reasons, lack of curation, content choice, etc since they were ok with who was maligned. Once those cheering him disagreed with who was hurt, it starts to "feel" different and concerns about reason, lack of curation, and content choice magically become important.
mjevans 8y ago
If that's the real reason, then it must also be asked if there was any special influence by Assanage on the timing or if a service created by them was merely used as a conduit.
ryanlol 8y ago
>Assange and Wikileaks have been demonised because they decided to release information in such a way as to deliberately influence an election Wikileaks has always been anti-US, when they finally manage to deliver a good punch they’re suddenly a bad actor? > also can't help but feel like they've stopped being transparency campaigners and whistleblowers, and now do it for the social media spectacle and publicity. Just look at how they released Vault 7, with their viral cryptic posts before the release. Wikileaks feels more like a media agency than a group of transparency crusaders Publicity brings more leaks. They’re simply doing a good job.
codedokode 8y ago
> The DNC/Podesta leaks were timed specifically to cause maximum negative effect to Clinton and the Democrats. What's wrong with this? Assange didn't steal this information, he just published it. That's the freedom of speech. Also, US wants to prosecute Assange not because of leak of personal information, but rather because of political reasons. Only because he is against the wars that US started in the Middle East.

kodablah 8y ago

Exactly as you state (though maybe not intend). Those cheering him on didn't care about the reasons, lack of curation, content choice, etc since they were ok with who was maligned. Once those cheering him disagreed with who was hurt, it starts to "feel" different and concerns about reason, lack of curation, and content choice magically become important.

mjevans 8y ago

If that's the real reason, then it must also be asked if there was any special influence by Assanage on the timing or if a service created by them was merely used as a conduit.

ryanlol 8y ago

>Assange and Wikileaks have been demonised because they decided to release information in such a way as to deliberately influence an election Wikileaks has always been anti-US, when they finally manage to deliver a good punch they’re suddenly a bad actor? > also can't help but feel like they've stopped being transparency campaigners and whistleblowers, and now do it for the social media spectacle and publicity. Just look at how they released Vault 7, with their viral cryptic posts before the release. Wikileaks feels more like a media agency than a group of transparency crusaders Publicity brings more leaks. They’re simply doing a good job.

codedokode 8y ago

> The DNC/Podesta leaks were timed specifically to cause maximum negative effect to Clinton and the Democrats. What's wrong with this? Assange didn't steal this information, he just published it. That's the freedom of speech. Also, US wants to prosecute Assange not because of leak of personal information, but rather because of political reasons. Only because he is against the wars that US started in the Middle East.