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Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks Source: www.globalcrisisnews.com
The controversy over WikiLeaks has deep implications for the future of free speech in the Internet era. Beyond journalistic and national security issues that stem from the website, other concerns need to be considered as well.
On this edition, we take you to a panel discussion focused on the importance of WikiLeaks within a legal, business and technology framework. Does the public have the right to know the secrets of its government? Should private companies keep commercial interests ahead of public interest? What role does the Internet hold for whistleblowers?
Special thanks to the Real News Network
Featuring:
Daniel Ellsburg, former State and Defense Department official prosecuted for releasing the Pentagon Papers; Clay Shirky, independent Internet professional and Adjunct Professor, Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University; Roy Singham, Founder and Chairman of ThoughtWorks; Peter Thiel, President of Clarium Capital and Managing Partner of Founder’s Fund; Jonathon Zittrain, Law and Computer Science Professor at Harvard University, Co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Paul Jay, CEO and Senior Editor of the Real News Network.
For more information:
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Bradley Manning Support Network
Center for Democracy and Technology
Jonathon Zittrain’s Future of the Internet
Tags: art and culture, civil liberties and rights, globalization and trade, international, media and democracy, speech/analysis
It bums me out that there aren’t any comments here. Was I the only one listening? Great show.
Hi, Michael! Thanks for your comment…Yes, we’re trying to encourage more people to comment. What did you think was the most interesting or surprising idea from the show?
Where can i get a writing copy of this interview? Please.
The sense of an accurate democracy is based on true and no lies. However, the real diplomacy is a box of snakes that used to use words as freedom and liberty as an excuse to justify their crimes. Assange and Manning are the real heroes of this circus that we know as American Dream.
Hi, Tony, The original panel was filmed by the Real News Network. You can see their transcript at this link. http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6124
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