The transparency project Wikileaks.org has become one of the most interesting net-projects in the last few years. We are happy to announce that two of its founders, Julian Assange and Daniel Schmidt, will hold a presentation and discussion round during the re:publica 2010. Here is their presentation:
“History is the only guidebook civilization has — but who is the publisher?”
Through its publications as the world’s only functional whistleblowing platform, WikiLeaks has exposed corruption, political murder, torture as well as abuse of power on all continents. But not only is WikiLeaks publishing the unpublished. Increasingly we have to preserve investigative stories that classic newsmedia cannot defend against those abusing legal systems in order to stiffle freedom of speech and supress critical voices.
According to the press, WikiLeaks has in its short existance produced more scoops than the Washington Post in the past 30 years. It has been called the most successful journalist operation in the world, and its internet address has been said to be the home of free speech. The recipe for this success is very simple: We are upholding our principles, no matter what.
Join us for a session about the state of the media, possibilities to defend our historic record and requirements for the future to preserve the 4th estate as an independent mechanism to control those in power.
Gerade nach Bekanntwerden der Pläne des US-Geheimdienstes wollen wir als Geek-Shop WikiLeaks unterstützen und uns mit Spenden beteiligen. Wir haben uns daher eine Aktion überlegt, für die wir extra ein Wikileaks Support T-Shirt in unser Sortiment genommen haben:
http://www.getdigital.de/products/Wikileaks_Support
Pro verkauftem Shirt spenden wir 5 € direkt an WikiLeaks!
Man bekommt also ein T-Shirt mit dem WikiLeaks-Logo, mit dem man zeigen kannt, dass man Wikileaks unterstützt und gleichzeitig hilft man WikiLeaks selbst mit einer Spende!