By Vipin Agnihotri
The main objective of Wikileaks is to come up with an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. And so far, they have succeeded in attaining their objective. It has been noticed that Wikileaks want to expose oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
In terms of statistic, Wikileaks has so far received more than 1.2 million documents from dissident communities and anonymous sources. In my opinion, this is quite an achievement. The best part about Wikileaks is that they open leaked documents up to stronger scrutiny as compared to any other media organization or intelligence agency.
Another good thing about Wikileaks is that they offer a forum for the entire global community to relentlessly evaluate any document for its credibility, plausibility, veracity and validity. As a matter of fact, communities can interpret leaked documents and explain their relevance to the public.
Point to be noted here is that Wikileaks combines the protection and anonymity of cutting-edge cryptographic technologies with the transparency and simplicity of a wiki interface. Look wise, Wikileaks is quite similar to Wikipedia. Any individual can post comments to it. Even better, there is no need of any technical knowledge. In other words, users can publicly discuss documents and analyze their credibility and veracity.
Wikileaks was founded by Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians and startup company technologists, from the US, Taiwan, Europe, Australia and South Africa. At this moment of time, there are more than 1,200 registered volunteers at Wikileaks.
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