WikiLeaks: the latest developments… you really thought the issue had faded away — think again: * WikiLeaks Defector Explains What’s Wrong With WikiLeaks * WikiLeaks founder named ‘un-Australian of the Year’ * When did this become the hottest story in Hollywood? * WikiLeaks Targeting P2P Networks? * A WikiLeaks Arms Race? … and Al Jazeera * Balancing Public and Private in a Wikileaks Era * Not popular with the ladies?
WikiLeaks: the latest developments
Al-Jazeera’s WikiLeaks-inspired Transparency Unit has launched with the publication – in co-ordination with the Guardian – of the Palestinian papers. The Guardian reporting has been supplemented with WikiLeaks cables
The Oscar-winning director of Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Alex Gibney, is making a WikiLeaks documentary for Universal pictures.
Full story : www.guardian.co.uk
WikiLeaks Defector Explains What’s Wrong With WikiLeaks
The founder of a new WikiLeaks-like site called “OpenLeaks,” Daniel Domscheit-Berg, took the stage today at DLD and explained what he thinks WikiLeaks is doing wrong and why he is creating OpenLeaks.
Domscheit-Berg used to be the head of communications at WikiLeaks. He quit in September and dismissed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a paranoid control freak. Full story : www.businessinsider.com
WikiLeaks founder named ‘un-Australian of the Year’
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was named “un-Australian of the Year” by a men’s magazine on Monday for publishing thousands of leaked US diplomatic cables on his whistleblowing site.
Australian-born Assange edged out God, Denmark’s Princess Mary and Prime Minister Julia Gillard to take Australian lads’ title Zoo Weekly’s dubious award for promising to dump 250,000 secret memos on WikiLeaks. Full story : AFP
When did this become the hottest story in Hollywood?
There are three WikiLeaks projects in the works.ulian-Assange-WikileaksImage Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/Getty ImagesEverybody’s hungry for a piece of the WikiLeaks pie, apparently
Are you really that interested in this story? Full story : popwatch.ew.com
WikiLeaks Targeting P2P Networks?
That is the allegation in a news report that ran last week. While the outcome from the investigation could have a profound impact on whether the anti-secrecy organization is a media outlet – there is a bigger lesson.
WikiLeaks, condemned by the U.S. government for posting secret data leaked by insiders, may have used music- and photo-sharing networks to obtain and publish classified documents, according to a computer security firm. Full story : www.bloomberg.com
A WikiLeaks Arms Race?
Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit –the network’s in-house version of WikiLeaks.
When the unit first went online, there was not much coverage about it in English, but that changed over the weekend when Al Jazeera announced that it had gained access to a large tranche of confidential documents, now being called the ‘Palestine Papers.’ Full story : www.newyorker.com
Balancing Public and Private in a Wikileaks Era
At a meeting of the World Economic Forum in China last year, Adrian Monck, the group’s chief spokesman, moderated a panel on social networking. Because the Internet can be a sensitive topic in China, he asked the audience whether the discussion should be kept private, to promote a freer exchange.
By a show of hands, the camera-wielding journalists, BlackBerry-equipped executives and laptop-bearing bloggers agreed to turn off their gadgets. Full story : ealbook.nytimes.com
Not popular with the ladies?
Teresa Scanlan wins Miss America 2011; Miss Nebraska slams WikiLeaks during pageant
On Saturday night, she spoke out about national security in response to a question about the WikiLeaks scandal. Full story : www.nydailynews.com
