What is WikiLeaks?
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WikiLeaks brings information to the public which its founders believe the public has a right to know.
Often, this information is exactly the kind which the organisations and governments involved would really much rather the public did not know.
Set up in Sweden in 2006 by Julian Assange, Time Magazine said it could have as much of an impact on journalism as the Freedom of Information Act.
What is WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks is a website set up by a group of human rights activists, technical people and journalists to bring sensitive materials to the attention of the public.
In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange described the service as: ‘an international public service that helps whistleblowers or journalists get suppressed information out to the public – and do it safely’.
The team obtains, publishes and defends such materials, usually from anonymous sources, and also fights in the legal and political spheres for the broader principles on which it is...
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