The technology of Wikileaks enhanced the way information is provided to everyone. The founder of the Wikileaks is Julian Assange. According to the former spokesman of Wikileaks Daniel Domscheit-Berg, “what connected Julian and [him] was the belief in a better world” which would lack “bosses or hierarchies”. (Domscheit-Berg, 2011) The founder decided to publish leaked information for the media with the belief that “no one could achieve power by withholding knowledge from others”. (Domscheit-Berg, 2011) Wikileaks has published numerous number of leaked information which includes sensitive military information, political cover-ups, tax evasion, suppression of free speech and spying. (Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, 2011) In order to better understand this technology, it is necessary to overview how this technology works. Based on its own informative website, the site has “high-end security technologies with journalism and ethical principles”. (Wikileaks, 2006) They also provide “a high security anonymous drop box fortified by cutting-edge cryptographic information technologies”. In order to publish the stories, the organization takes in information whoever has leaked data. This data is first reviews by their journalists and once it has been analyzed, it is then published. The organization provides people with both, original and revised copy of the source. (Wikileaks, 2006) The organization sounds familiar due to the website Wikipedia however the “two organizations are not otherwise related”. (Wikileaks, 2006) This is evident since Wikipedia can be edited by random readers based on their perspectives and knowledge. Whereas, according to the Wikileaks website, the content of the stories on this website cannot be edited. Wikileaks, since 2007 has been gathering and publishing a number of different stories which have created various controversies among the readers of the stories published on Wikileaks.
- Wikileaks. (2006). Retrieved 03 02, 2011, from Wikileaks: http://www.wikileaks.ch/
- Computers & Applied Sciences Complete. (2011, 01 01). Retrieved 03 02, 2011, from EBSCO: http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?hid=101&sid=f73f0a51-04b7-4826-8b50-f7ba75b3ce43%40sessionmgr15&vid=5&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=iih&AN=54487404
