What kind of a system is WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks describes itself as “an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking”.
Why did WikiLeaks go off line in 2010?
In December 2010 wikileaks.org faced a flurry of setbacks. It was forced off-line once again when the site’s domain name provider terminated its account in the wake of a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks; as with previous service interruptions, WikiLeaks remained available on mirror sites or by directly linking to its IP address.
How did WikiLeaks get its first batch of documents?
WikiLeaks received its first batch of sensitive documents not from a whistle-blower but from The Onion Router ( Tor), an encryption network designed to allow users to transmit data anonymously.
What did WikiLeaks do with Edward Snowden?
When National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong, WikiLeaks staffers facilitated his travel to Moscow. They remained with Snowden during his monthlong stay in the international transit zone of a Moscow airport and assisted with his application for asylum in Russia.
How many documents have been released by WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks ( /ˈwɪkiliːks/) is an international non-profit organisation that publishes news leaks, and classified media provided by anonymous sources. Its website, initiated in 2006 in Iceland by the organisation Sunshine Press, claimed in 2016 to have released online 10 million documents in its first 10 years.
Who is the founder and spokesperson of WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks is usually represented in public by Julian Assange, who has been described as “the heart and soul of this organisation, its founder, philosopher, spokesperson, original coder, organiser, financier, and all the rest”.
What did Yochai Benkler say about WikiLeaks?
Harvard professor Yochai Benkler praised WikiLeaks as a new form of journalistic enterprise, testifying at the court-martial of Chelsea Manning (then Bradley Manning) that “WikiLeaks did serve a particular journalistic function,” and that the “range of the journalist’s privilege” is “a hard line to draw”.
When did Jean Joseph Ange d’Hautpoul become a general?
In April 1794, d’Hautpoul was promoted in the field to general of brigade and he commanded the brigade under both Jacques Desjardin and his successor, François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers. After the battle of Fleurus, his unit was transferred to the division of François Joseph Lefebvre.