Governments, democratic, non-democratic, kingships, etc. that keep secrets from the public, share a common enemy in Wikileaks.
Wikileaks self-describes in part as:
WikiLeaks is a multi-national media organization and associated library. It was founded by its publisher Julian Assange in 2006.
WikiLeaks specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption. It has so far published more than 10 million documents and associated analyses.
“WikiLeaks is a giant library of the world’s most persecuted documents. We give asylum to these documents, we analyze them, we promote them and we obtain more.” – Julian Assange, Der Spiegel Interview.
WikiLeaks has contractual relationships and secure communications paths to more than 100 major media organizations from around the world. This gives WikiLeaks sources negotiating power, impact and technical protections that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to achieve.
Although no organization can hope to have a perfect record forever, thus far WikiLeaks has a perfect in document authentication and resistance to all censorship attempts.
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Those same governments, share a common ally in Twitter, which has engaged in systematic actions to diminish the presence/influence of Julian Assange on Twitter.
Caitlin Johnstone documents Twitter’s intentional campaign against Assange in Twitter Is Using Account Verification To Stifle Leaks And Promote War Propaganda.
Catch Johnstone’s post for the details but then:
- Follow @JulianAssange on Twitter (watch for minor variations that are not this account.
- Tweet to your followers, at least once a week, urging them to follow @JulianAssange
- Investigate and support non-censoring alternatives to Twitter.
You can verify Twitter’s dilution of Julian Assange for yourself.
Type “JulianAssange_” in the Twitter search box (my results):
Twitter was a remarkably good idea, but has long since poisoned itself with censorship and pettiness.
Your suggested alternative?