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New Way, New Truth
Henry Huang
New Way, New Truth
WikiLeaks?
Wiki.leaks ? Wiki.pedia
WikiLeaks: A new
media
what Problem to solve ?
Human Suffering from Corruption of Governance
Corruption Perception Index 2012
who are Those People ?
Believes that transparency in government activities leads to reduced corruption better government stronger democracies
what’s their solution?
Publish Your Information
Believes the importance of information• Much costly in the past• Lower risks on leaking now
Try to figure out how information technologies could amplify the fix on a world wide scale.
a New System built
To encourage citizens to be brave whistleblower, even if they have never done so before.
In summary …
To help readers see the real evidencesTo provide the way for sources to leakTo publish the original sources
What has it done ?
WikiLeaks released one report on the corruption of the former Kenyan leaders before the president election, and shifted the vote by 10%.
Shifted the election
July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike
“... But please remember the people in Iraq, the people in Afghanistan. They don’t need to see the video, and they see it every day.”
— Julian Assange
Responses from the other side
This disclosure is not just an attack on America's foreign policy interests ... it is an attack on the international community.
Muammar Gaddafi
Do not be fooled by WikiLeaks,
which publishes information written by
lying ambassadors
in order to create chaos
“We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.”
– Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers)
Snapshot 2007-01-17
But …Not the end of
WikiLeaks
E N D
Season IITo be continued