Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Whistle-blower site WikiLeaks has been nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politician Snorre Valen, who cited its role in freedom of speech. "WikiLeaks is one of this century's most important contributors to freedom of speech and transparency," news agency NTB quoted Valen on Wednesday. Valen cited WikiLeaks role in disclosing the assests of Tunisia's former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his nearest family, contributing to the protests that forced them into exile. The member of parliament for the Socialist Left Party, part of Norway's ruling red-green coalition, also noted WikiLeaks publication of documents relating to corruption by authorities, governments and corporations as well as "illegal surveillance, war crimes and torture committed by a number of states".
The five-member Nobel Committee advises those making nominations not to reveal their proposals in advance. Assange reveals Wikileaks back-up plan. There are encrypted backups of all the things Wikileaks has yet to publish that have been distributed among 100,000 people, he said in an interview at the weekend. “All we need to do is give them an encrypted key and they will be able to continue”, he told CBS News in an exclusive interview.
Assange, who is under US investigation over the leaking of thousands of secret diplomatic cables, said the key would be released only as a last resort. The Wikileaks founder denied that he was motivated by anti-Americanism or other political agendas, describing his group as “free press activists”. Assange refused to discuss the Swedish sex crimes allegations that have him largely confined to a house in the UK on bail pending extradition proceedings, according to the Bankok Post. WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, Pt. 1 - 60 Minutes. Wikileaks Mirror Taken Down: Host Buckles Under Demands from Upstream Provider. Wikileaks isn't the only site struggling to stay up these days because service providers are pulling their support.
It appears that at least one person who wants to provide mirror access to Wikileaks documents is having the same trouble. Recently we heard from a user who mirrored the Cablegate documents on his website. His hosting provider SiteGround suspended his account, claiming that he "severely" violated the SiteGround Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy. SiteGround explained that it had gotten a complaint from an upstream provider, SoftLayer, and had taken action "in order to prevent any further issues caused by the illegal activity. " SiteGround told the user that he would need to update his antivirus measures and get rid of the folder containing the Wikileaks cables to re-enable his account. If this sounds like a lame excuse, that's because it is a lame excuse. This incident shows that censorship is a slippery slope. WikiLeaks, la comédie du pouvoir révélée » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism. En révélant les coulisses diplomatiques, WikiLeaks n'a rien appris.
Mais si elle était connue, la machinerie politique est désormais exhibée sur la place publique, rendant son acceptation d'autant plus insupportable. La lecture de la semaine, il s’agit d’un texte paru dernièrement dans la London Review of Books, texte du philosophe slovène Slavoj Zizek et dont le titre est à lui seul une invitation à la lecture : “Des bonnes manières au temps de WikiLeaks”.
Ce texte est très long, je me suis permis de n’en traduire qu’une partie. Jusqu’ici, l’histoire de WikiLeaks a été présentée comme une lutte entre WikiLeaks et l’empire américain : la publication de documents confidentiels du gouvernement américain est-il un acte de soutien à liberté d’expression, de soutien au droit que les gens ont de savoir, ou un acte terroriste représentant une menace pour la stabilité des relations internationales ?
Et si ça n’était pas la bonne question ? WikiLeaks : l’apologie du modèle conspirationniste ?