Who is the founder of the WikiLeaks website?

Who is the founder of the WikiLeaks website?

WikiLeaks. Its website, initiated in 2006 in Iceland by the organisation Sunshine Press, claims a database of 10 million documents in 10 years since its launch. Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its founder and director. Kristinn Hrafnsson is its editor-in-chief.

Why was WikiLeaks dropped from EveryDNS service?

WikiLeaks used EveryDNS, but was dropped by the company after distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against WikiLeaks hurt the quality of service for its other customers. Supporters of WikiLeaks waged verbal and DDoS attacks on EveryDNS.

When did the WikiLeaks donation account get suspended?

On 22 January 2010, the Internet payment intermediary PayPal suspended WikiLeaks’ donation account and froze its assets. WikiLeaks said that this had happened before, and was done for “no obvious reason”. The account was restored on 25 January 2010.

When did WikiLeaks start publishing the Spy Files?

In December 2011, WikiLeaks started to release the Spy Files. On 27 February 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered “global intelligence” company Stratfor. On 5 July 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria Files (emails from Syrian political figures 2006–2012).

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How did Julian Assange come up with the idea of WikiLeaks?

He was inspired to create WikiLeaks by Daniel Ellsberg ’s 1971 release of the Pentagon Papers. Observing that two years had elapsed between Ellsberg’s obtaining the Pentagon Papers and their publication in The New York Times, Assange sought to streamline the whistle-blowing process.

When did the first Wikileaks cables come out?

In November 2010 WikiLeaks released selections from a trove of some 250,000 classified diplomatic cables between the U.S. State Department and its embassies and consulates around the world. Those documents dated mostly from 2007 to 2010 but included some dating back as far as 1966.

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What did ElectraNet do for the prison roll out?

Electranet supported the wi-fi roll out with site surveys and cable and access points installation. Electranet supported multiple projects deploying network infrastructure into UK prisons as part of digital transformation.

What does ElectraNet do with the transmission network?

ElectraNet’s transmission network powers people’s lives by providing safe and future-focused energy and infrastructure solutions. I am a… We own and manage South Australia’s high voltage transmission network which transports electricity over long distances from traditional and renewable generators – both local and interstate.

What kind of chemical inactivity does icosane have?

Icosane’s size, state or chemical inactivity does not exclude it from the traits its smaller alkane counterparts have. It is a colorless, non-polar molecule, nearly unreactive except when it burns.

What kind of bias does WikiLeaks have?

As far as rating the bias of WikiLeaks, it is very difficult to put them on the Right-Left spectrum as it seems most of their leaks are opportunistic, rather than politically motivated. However, the editorial positions of WikiLeaks more closely align with the progressive left and limited government Libertarians.

Is the bias of WikiLeaks evidence based?

This information is factual and evidence-based. As far as rating the bias of WikiLeaks, it is very difficult to put them on the Right-Left spectrum as it seems most of their leaks are opportunistic, rather than politically motivated.

What did the International Federation of Journalists call WikiLeaks?

In a 2013 resolution, the International Federation of Journalists, a trade union of journalists, called WikiLeaks a “new breed of media organisation” that “offers important opportunities for media organisations”.


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