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Wikileaks and Publishers to Partner on Whistleblower Stories

2009-10-09T20:16:00Z

Best known as a site that indexes and verifies leaked documents, Wikileaks exists as a space where whistleblowers, journalists and bloggers can speak out against corruption without fear of employer or government retaliation. According to a recent article in IT World, the organization will soon offer publishers a chance to get in on the action. The group will give publishers the opportunity to embed a Wikileaks submission form on their websites.

]]> The idea is that users will be able to anonymously upload material, and Wikileaks will verify it. In return for embedding the form, the publisher will receive the verified documents under embargo and will be the first to publish the story. From here, Wikileaks republishes the story on its website and distributes it freely.

In the past, whistleblowers like Mark Klein have had to act on their own to call out an injustice. By offering users an easy method for submission, Wikileaks improves the system of disclosure.

Wikileaks currently offers users a chance to submit documents via secure upload, email or mail. The organization has already published more than 1.2 million documents. Publisher-based partnerships, such as the ones that the embeddable submission form is for, are likely to improve the quality of investigative journalism, decrease instances of government corruption and re-establish a culture of ethical business. For more information on Wikileaks, visit the website at wikileaks.org, or if you've got questions, check out the Wikileaks Live Chat Room.

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Comment from Jan on 2010-12-09

2010-12-09T16:52:02Z

We can define our society as Feudal democracy.

Feudal societies appeared approximately 3 000 years ago in what we today call Turkey. Nowadays people with power think that parliamentarism, i.e. vote on a special day to legitimate politicians, has swept away this 3 000 years old feudal culture.

If you don’t think this is the case, here is an APPEAL:
Don’t vote (to your parliamentary)! Not at all! Not even blank!

If you feel unpleasant to refuge to vote you should know you would not be alone to do this. Our head of state, King Carl Gustav Bernadotte, wrights on his homepage, www.royalcourt.se:
"Kungen är numera skattskyldig och i likhet med andra svenskar har Kungen och hans familj rösträtt – en rättighet som dock av hävd ej begagnas."
(“The King is now liable for taxation and, like other Swedes, he and his family are entitled to vote, though by tradition this right is never exercised.”).

Of course this is an established custom within Kings and Queens (head of state) families through out the world, not only in Sweden. So you will go with somebody from cream de la cream if you choose to be an Abstainer on Vote Day (AVD).

Gothenburg December 9 2010
Jan

P.S.
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Note.
www.royalcourt.se (December 9, 2010)
1. click English (up, right side)
2. click Monarchy (up, middle)
3. click Monarchy in Sweden (left side)
4. click Duties of the Monarch (left side)
5. scroll down to the end of this page (Duties of the Monarch)
The King is now liable for taxation and, like other Swedes, he and his family are entitled to vote, though by tradition this right is never exercised.

Comment from brennessel on 2009-12-09

2009-12-10T06:56:54Z

The organization will soon offer publishers a chance to get in on the action. The facts and figures regarding the given stories are true and well said.Publisher-based partnerships, such as the ones that the embeddable submission form is for, are likely to improve the quality of investigative journalism.I want to know other reviews regarding the success story.