#Wikileaks' revelations reshaped our understanding of the #Iraq war & cut through the simplistic image painted by military PR - a sunny picture of a well-meaning US army saving the world one war at a time. #Wikileaks made #BlackLivesMatter

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-30-fg-infowar30-story.html

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U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press

Troops write articles presented as news reports. Some officers object to the practice.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-30-fg-infowar30-story.html
Among #Wikileaks' innovations was the use of a secure, encrypted & anonymous dropbox-like tool protecting sources & the documents they released. Today there are 70+ variations of the Wikileaks model use by anti-corruption campaigners in 29 countries
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490046/WikiLeaks-led-the-way-for-newsrooms-to-use-encryption-to-protect-sources-and-documents-says-Italian

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WikiLeaks led the way for newsrooms to use encryption to protect so...

Stefania Maurizi, said in written evidence that Julian Assange pioneered the use of encryption by journalists to protect sources. Her work with WikiLeaks showed that US put pressure on Italy to sto...

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490046/WikiLeaks-led-the-way-for-newsrooms-to-use-encryption-to-protect-sources-and-documents-says-Italian
Corrupt & malicious anti-democratic forces have tried to smear & misrepresent the good work of #Wikileaks who continue to have a 100% accuracy record. See https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/courts/three-ways-to-undermine-wikileaks/
Wikileaks allowed sources to protect themselves from accidentally revealing digital breadcrumbs .
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Three ways to undermine WikiLeaks | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has come up with a simple and ingenious scheme to defeat WikiLeaks: seeding U.S. government computer systems with fake “classified” documents....

https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/courts/three-ways-to-undermine-wikileaks/
#Wikileaks mainstreamed "data journalism" & profoundly shaped global collaborative journalism. They enabled international reach & local sensitivity, combatted the power of large online advertisers in shaping the news cycle & facilitated archival. https://www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/a-secret-australia-why-julian-assanges-own-country-ignored-him-and-wikileaks-exposes

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A Secret Australia: Why Julian Assange’s own country ignored him and WikiLeaks’ exposés - Media...

by Benedetta Brevini As a journalist, scholar and media reformer, I have been following the activities of WikiLeaks for over a decade, assessing the disrupting force of new radical platforms for...

https://www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/a-secret-australia-why-julian-assanges-own-country-ignored-him-and-wikileaks-exposes
#Wikileaks turned the tables on surveillance capitalism, allowing ordinary citizens to know about the crimes our governments & large corporations committed with our money and in our name but against our interests.
#JulianAssange cares about democracy!
https://theconversation.com/julian-assange-on-google-surveillance-and-predatory-capitalism-43176

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Julian Assange on Google, surveillance and predatory capitalism

Since the last time we were together inside his prison lodgings at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a few things have changed. Julian Assange has grown a beard, looks more pallid and pauses when I...

https://theconversation.com/julian-assange-on-google-surveillance-and-predatory-capitalism-43176
So thanks to the #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/article/061219/journalists-speak-julian-assange
Your work is crucial for accountability, which is why you must
a) acknowledge & value #JulianAssange's contribution to the ecosystem of journalism.
b) see past the smears of those who fear the light
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Journalists Speak Up for Julian Assange

In this appeal, supported by Mediapart, to all fellow professionals in every branch of the press and media, 120 journalists worldwide speak out in support of Julian Assange in the name of fundamental...

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/article/061219/journalists-speak-julian-assange
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