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In case you haven't heard, this is a big one for us internet folks... in California of all places too.
Wikileaks, a whistleblower website created by journalists committed to transparency in the dissemination of information over the Internet, was shut down under a court order because of pressure from a Swiss bank.
"It's like saying that Time magazine published one page of sensitive material so (someone can) seize the entire magazine and put a lock on their presses."
It really doesn't matter what Wikileaks posted. It's the draconian scope of the order — censorship at its ugliest, with no regard for the First Amendment or due process — that is so very frightening. If this can be done successfully to Wikileaks, it can be done successfully to any website to which those in high places might object.
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Wikileaks, a whistleblower website created by journalists committed to transparency in the dissemination of information over the Internet, was shut down under a court order because of pressure from a Swiss bank.
"It's like saying that Time magazine published one page of sensitive material so (someone can) seize the entire magazine and put a lock on their presses."
It really doesn't matter what Wikileaks posted. It's the draconian scope of the order — censorship at its ugliest, with no regard for the First Amendment or due process — that is so very frightening. If this can be done successfully to Wikileaks, it can be done successfully to any website to which those in high places might object.
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