Wikileaks & Freedom of Speech
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News: The NYT == WikiLeaks
The NYT has always been a supporter of the First Amendment. In print. For itself. But its record of supporting it for writers on the web has been spotty. And when the chips are down, when we need a friend the most, you can be pretty sure the Times will be on the other, wrong, side.
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The Internet's Voltaire Moment
What the attacks tell us
The current row over the latest WikiLeaks trove of classified US diplomatic cables has four sobering implications. 1. The first is that it represents the first really serious confrontation between the established order and the culture of the Net. As the story of the official backlash unfolds – first as DDOS attacks on ISPs hosting WikiLeaks and later as outfits like Amazon and PayPal (i.e. eBay) suddenly “discover” that their Terms of Service preclude them from offering services to WikiLeaks — the contours of the old order are emerging from the rosy mist in which they have operated to date. This is vicious, co-ordinated and potentially comprehensive, and it contains hard lessons for everyone who cares about democracy and about the future of the Net.
Wikileaks, The Pirate Party, And The Future Of The Internet
American diplomacy seems to have survived Wikileaks’s “attack on the international community,” as Hillary Clinton so dramatically characterized it, unscathed. Save for a few diplomatic reshuffles, Foggy Bottom doesn’t seem to be deeply affected by what happened. Certainly, the U.S. government at large has not been paralyzed by the leaks—contrary to what Julian Assange had envisioned in one of his cryptic-cum-visionary essays, penned in 2006. In a fit of technological romanticism, Assange may have underestimated the indispensability of American power to the international system, the amount of cynicism that already permeates much of Washington’s political establishment, and the glaring lack of interest in foreign policy particulars outside the Beltway. Indeed, it’s not in the realms of diplomacy or even government secrecy where Wikileaks could have its biggest impact.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the blocking, cyber-attacks and political pressure being directed at cablegate.wikileaks.org , the website dedicated to the US diplomatic cables. The organization is also concerned by some of the extreme comments made by American authorities concerning WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. Earlier this week, after the publishing several hundred of the 250.000 cables it says it has in its possession, WikiLeaks had to move its site from its servers in Sweden to servers in the United States controlled by online retailer Amazon.
Wikileaks hounded?
Ron Paul: ‘What we need is more WikiLeaks’ | Raw Story
Popular Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul is no stranger to breaking with his party, but in a recent television appearance the libertarian-leaning Rep. went even further than any member of Congress in defending whistleblower website WikiLeaks. Speaking to Fox Business host Judge Napolitano on Thursday about recent revelations at the Federal Reserve, Paul’s typical candor showed through. “What we need is more WikiLeaks about the Federal Reserve,” he said. “Can you imagine what it’d be like if we had every conversation in the last 10 years with our Federal Reserve people, the Federal Reserve chairman, with all the central bankers of the world and every agreement or quid-pro-quo they have? It would be massive. People would be so outraged.”
WikiLeaks et la censure politique d'Internet: nous voila prévenus ! | La Quadrature du Net
Paris, le 4 décembre 2010 - Le secrétaire d'État chargé de l'industrie, de l'énergie et de l'économie numérique, Éric Besson, a annoncé hier son intention de faire en sorte que le site Internet WikiLeaks « ne soit plus hébergé en France ». Outre le caractère folklorique de cette tentative de « reconduite à la frontière numérique », cette déclaration révèle une volonté profonde du gouvernement de contrôler Internet, quitte à bafouer pour cela les règles de droit. Le vote prochain de la LOPPSI et de son article 4 1 instaurant la censure du Net, au prétexte de la protection de l'enfance, en sera l'instrument idéal. En tant qu'organisation œuvrant pour la liberté d'expression et de communication sur Internet, La Quadrature du Net soutient WikiLeaks et ses actions.
Wikileaks a déclenché une réaction totalement délirante. Comme le souligne très justement Pierre Chappaz , nous sommes probablement en train de vivre la première infowar . Une hystérisassion totalement inouïe. Et c’est là que Wikileaks agit comme un formidable révélateur.
Wikileaks et l’'hystérie de l’ancien monde «
Companies harming Freedom of Speech
Twitter / Wikileaks : DoJ Subpoena
Espionnage / Shield
Threats
WikiLeaks has been part-hosted by OVH, a small web hosting company based in northern France. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The French government today added to international calls for WikiLeaks to be prevented operating online , warning that it is "unacceptable" for a "criminal" site to be hosted in the country.
France adds to US pressure