Tag: wikileaks
Tunisia Blocks Wikileaks and Anonymous Takes Action
Just as the stories are starting to get interesting, the Tunisian authorities block Wikileaks and every other form of “leaks” that mention Tunisia based on cables from the whistleblower site. Soon after the cables surfaced activists around the world started creating websites to tackle specific topics and countries, drawing from the plethora of information the [...]
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Operation Paypal Begins
Anonymous sets a plan in motion in deference to PayPal ’s misused power resulting in 16 arrests possibly leading to $500,000 fines and 15 years imprisonment for individuals. Read more: http://webupon.com/web-talk/operation-paypal-begins/#ixzz1TLQKj3eX
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Summary of Assange appeal, day 1
In a departure from previous strategies used by Assange and his legal team during his fight against being extradited to Sweden, the proceedings today were remarkable largely because of the dry, unemotional nature of many of the arguments raised. Whilst the spectre of a possible extradition to the USA leading to an extended period in [...]
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Tunisia Blocks Wikileaks And Anonymous Takes Action
Just as the stories are starting to get interesting, the Tunisian authorities block Wikileaks and every other form of “leaks” that mention Tunisia based on cables from the whistleblower site. Soon after the cables surfaced activists around the world started creating websites to tackle specific topics and countries, drawing from the plethora of information the cables provide. [...]
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Civil Liberties under Obama
Glenn Greenwald, a writer for Salon Magazine, gave a speech at Socialism 2011 about the state of Civil liberties under the Obama administration. This speech ranges from issues surrounding Wikileaks to torture situations, is well worth 70 minutes of your time, and can be found here.
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Visa shuts down payments to Wikileaks ~again
It appears that following on the story reported here, Visa have managed to work out what their payment processors are doing and so the “brief, accidental lull in the fighting between WikiLeaks and the card companies that refuse to allow the group donations has ended”, as was reported by Andy Greenburg at Forbes here. DataCell [...]
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