wikileaks

WikipediaLeaks

To bring important information to the public

Julian Assange

WHAT IS WIKILEAKS GOAL?

HOW IT WORKS

Leaks are submitted

anonymously

WikiLeaks uses investigative

journalism, thorough

examination of the

submitted documents, and

forensic analyses of

documents to verify

WHY IS WIKILEAKS IMPORTANT?

MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

Why is this important?Why is this important?

TRANSPARENCY

TRANSPARENCY creates a better

creates a better society for all people

society for all people Information can

Information can reduce corruption,

reduce corruption, strengthen democracy

strengthen democracy

– Exposing injustice

– Exposing injustice

leads to a better life

leads to a better life

IMPORTANT LEAKS

Iraq War documents

Collateral Murder, video from US helicopter 2007

Diplomatic documents concerning torture

DANGERS OF WIKILEAKS

DANGERS OF WIKILEAKS

Verification of stories is difficult and not always

definitive

Much of the information is important towards national

security

THE TECHNIQUE BEHIND

Tor Project

BREAKING NEWS

Leaders in Arabia wants to stop Iran

USA spies on UNNorth Korea

Guantanamo, prisoners for money

Corruption in Afganistan

China hacks google

Rome-Moscow

Quatar supports Al Qaida

USA dictates Germanys behavior

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Visitwww.wikileaks.org

And sign up for the Tor networkwww.torproject.org

IF we have time, video: US - 2007Go to: 2:12

• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7094234.ece

• http://www.wikileaks.org/media/about.html• http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/10/25/intv.sh

ubert.assange.full.intv.cnn?iref=allsearch• http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/• http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_assange_why_the_world_ne

eds_wikileaks.html• http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1424207020071114?pa

geNumber=1• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/24assange.html?

_r=1• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/middleeast/24sur

ge.html• http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/

2010/10/22/130760662/wikileaks-begins-exposing-400-000-u-s-documents-about-the-iraq-war

• http://jp.dk/udland/article2260299.ece?page=1• http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/war-logs.html

• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7094234.ece

• http://www.dr.dk/harddisken• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11868838• http://www.torproject.org/