I would say that wikileaks is probably most known for when they leaked US political stories. And it didn't seem like it was for good reasons... Julian Assange, creator of wikileaks has come under much criticism for creating the website.
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So why is wikileaks any different?
Well, a very select number of people rely on wikileaks to find out the latest news. Also unlike most news websites, wikileaks has faced one hell of a lot of criticism from the media.
This could be because U.S. army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning was accused of letting out extremely confidential information and footage of an Apache helicopter that killed 12 people in Baghdad back in 2007.
When Manning was asked why he thought it would be a good idea to leak this, he said that he believed his American people had the right to know what the "true cost of war" was. In some ways, I really do agree with Bradley Manning; we should have the right to know what happens in our own armies. But then again, some things are definitely better off left unsaid. And I think this applies.
As well as this, wikileaks has been accused of hacking into multiple computers in order to find out secret information. However this is highly denied by the wikileaks London attorney who said it was "completely false". (To find out what hacking is, click HERE)
Overall, what I understand is that wikileaks wants their voice to be heard for the public without there being any bad outcomes. However from what I can see is that this really isn't very effective when you compare how many times they have been criticised for doing the wrong thing.
Only time will tell how long wikileaks is kept open..
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