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OpenLeaks Set To Launch As WikiLeaks Alternative

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A former assistant to Julian Assange – WikiLeaks founder, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, has revealed plans to launch an alternative to WikiLeaks called OpenLeaks (www.openleaks.org). The rival site which is expected to go live on Monday is quoted by DN.SE as saying their “long term goal is to build a strong, transparent platform to support whistle-blowers — both in terms of technology and politics — while at the same time encouraging others to start similar projects.”

The main difference between both sites, it seems, will be from a management and publishing perspective. Rather than publishing leaked documents directly, OpenLeaks will act as an intermediary between whistle-blowers and other organisations so that all editorial control and responsibility will lie with the publishing organisation. This means that OpenLeaks will seek to provide the means for publishing leaked information, without itself being a publisher.

It’s decision to become a conduit rather than a publisher was said to have been made because of the team’s past experience at WikiLeaks. Whether this approach will be less controversial thus attracting fewer criticism remains to be seen. The site will begin trials in early 2011 and initially partner five newspapers worldwide before expanding to bigger media later.

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Could this be the beginning of a surge in the number of whistle-blowing sites on the Internet?

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  2. Linda

    December 16, 2010 at 11:30 pm

    I would say that considering the amount of publicity this is receiving we are going to be inundated with these kind of sites.
    I would also suspect that we are going see governments change laws so the operators of these sites will be prosecuted – although what the charges will be I don’t know. Might start making officials think more before putting their thoughts into text.

  3. eGrove Systems

    December 20, 2010 at 8:18 am

    Wiki leaks has released the confidential news. Thanks for sharing this valuable information with us

  4. Wholesale Suppliers

    December 20, 2010 at 9:56 am

    That means Openleaks is going to be the same thing but with mature expression and cleaver presentation but i dont think this strategy would work for so long.

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    December 23, 2010 at 11:36 am

    Julian Assange looks like a classic Bond villian. All he needs now is a cat.

  6. Jen

    December 31, 2010 at 7:42 am

    I’ve been reading a lot about this, but found so many versions, that I don’t know what to believe. Can you give me more details of the site? Thank you!

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