Temporary shutdown for WikiLeaks WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website that allows people to publish uncensored information anonymously, has suspended operations owing to financial problems.
Its running costs including staff payments are $600,000 (£377,000), but so far this year it has raised just $130,000 (£81,000). WikiLeaks has established a reputation for publishing information that traditional media cannot. The website claims to be non-profit and relies on donations. A statement on its front page says it is funded by "human rights campaigners, investigative journalists, technologists and the general public". Original documents WikiLeaks does not accept money from governments or corporations. A list of names and addresses of people said to belong to the British National Party (BNP) was posted on the site in October 2009. WikiLeaks also published e-mail exchanges involving US politician Sarah Palin after her account was hacked. The site claims to have information about corrupt banks, the UN and the Iraq war that it is unable to publish while funds remain low. While it has won awards for its work from the Economist and Amnesty International, WikiLeaks has also fought more than 100 legal challenges. "WikiLeaks has established a good name for itself and broken some good stories," Julian Petley, chair of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, told BBC News. "One of the reasons why WikiLeaks is so useful is that it's able to put original documents up - unfiltered by comment and editorial." Investigative journalist Paul Lashmar said he had been "startled" by the effectiveness of WikiLeaks in publishing suppressed information. However he thought that the funding issue would not be easily resolved. "(Web) users aren't interested in how the people behind sites make their money," he said. "The problem for the self-funding model is that sites like WikiLeaks will not find it easy to attract fundings through advertising. "At some point people who care about free speech will realise that free speech has to be funded, otherwise it's not free." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/technology/8490867.stm Published: 2010/02/01 11:28:21 GMT -- Mario Huet Libertarian Alliance Forum List Administrator ********************************************** Words cannot picture her; but all men know That solemn sketch the pure sad artist wrought ********************************************** James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night __._,_.___ Reply to sender<[email protected]?subject=temporary+shutdown+for+wikileaks>| Reply to group<[email protected]?subject=temporary+shutdown+for+wikileaks> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/message/102686;_ylc=X3oDMTM4MmNsaGxxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzcxMjgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwMTY5BG1zZ0lkAzEwMjY4NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNjUwMjcwMDEEdHBjSWQDMTAyNjg2>( 1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNWN1dmptBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzcxMjgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwMTY5BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTI2NTAyNzAwMA--> Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNTQ3dDA5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzcxMjgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwMTY5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI2NTAyNzAwMA--> Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] NB - The Libertarian Alliance does not necessarily approve of the above message. MARKETPLACE Going Green: Your Yahoo! Groups resource for green living<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14k19q845/M=493064.13814333.13821539.13298430/D=groups/S=1705060169:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1265034201/L=/B=IAS0A0SO5_g-/J=1265027001468231/K=YwtEsvtQJoObPjUJ7Wl_8w/A=5922843/R=0/SIG=11ckn2mo6/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/green/> [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkZGk1bXI3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzcxMjgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwMTY5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMjY1MDI3MDAx> Switch to: Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• Unsubscribe<[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>• Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
