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Another reminder on why it's bad to rely on just a central information hub. Wikileaks is not 'freeing information' as much as drumming up publicity for themselv
by iwwr 15y ago
Another reminder on why it's bad to rely on just a central information hub. Wikileaks is not 'freeing information' as much as drumming up publicity for themselves (and Assange).
- kyouens 15y agoI agree. This is also evidenced by the way they dribble out their leaks in the most politically damaging (for the US government, particularly) way possible, accompanied by press releases and interviews. If they are about freedom of information, why don't they release all of it, immediately, and free of editorial comment from Assange?
- hugh3 15y agoI've been saying for some time that if I were, say, Jimmy Wales or the Wikimedia Foundation I'd be criticising Wikileaks pretty hard for not, y'know, actually being a wiki.
- hugh3 15y agoI've been saying for some time that if I were, say, Jimmy Wales or the Wikimedia Foundation I'd be criticising Wikileaks pretty hard for not, y'know, actually being a wiki.
- baltcode 15y agoIsn't this more of an argument for OpenLeaks being a shady outfit acting for someone else?
- thaumaturgy 15y agoAssange has explained several times that they concentrate so much on publicity for themselves in order to maximize the impact of the leaks themselves, as part of their duty to the people that take the risks to leak information.