Erin
11th December 2010, 13:30
Over the past week or so, I've been monitoring the goings-on at Anonymous/Operation Payback (including viewing and participating in IRC chats during DDoS attacks - though I did not participate myself in the DDoS attacks). Anyway, they have decided to shift to a new phase of what has been dubbed the "cyberwar" - and this time, anyone can participate without fear of retribution.
Operation Leakspin (http://operationleakspin.org/) is an offshoot of Operation Payback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Payback#Operation_Avenge_Assange), and it is basically recruiting anyone and everyone to read released Wikileaks cables and find interesting stuff that the MSM has not yet reported on. After all, most of what we know right now is what the MSM has dug up for themselves from the cables. There could be (and probably is) some fascinating stuff left to be uncovered by us that they have chosen not to report on, or perhaps even missed entirely.
Here is how they describe the effort on their website (http://operationleakspin.org/about):
Operation Leakspin
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
This is Operation Leakspin.
We believe that all the information provided by the leaked cables should be out and open for the public to read, discuss and most of all: understand.
We will use as much manpower as possible to publish information found in the cables to the public. We will speed up the process of uncovering, we will release facts that the media didn’t speak about, and we will summarize the diplomatic leaks into chunks that everybody can understand.
The war against censorship should be fought not only by attacking businesses facilitating it. It should be fought by actively releasing all the information that can be released, to all the people it can be released to.
We are against censorship, and this is how we prove it, this is what Operation Leakspin is about.
For more information on Operation Leakspin (including how you can participate in the effort), check out their website (http://operationleakspin.org/) - particularly the link that says "quality control" on the sidebar, which gives a good breakdown of the submission process. Or, click here (http://operationleakspin.org/quality-control).
It is my opinion that this is a crucial step in the ongoing saga of Wikileaks and the freedom of information. It's also what Julian Assange wanted all along - citizens doing their own journalism, as opposed to relying on corporate media feeding it to them.
LINKS:
Operation Leakspin official website: http://operationleakspin.org/
Operation Leakspin official Twitter: http://twitter.com/OpLeakspin
Operation Leakspin official Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-Leakspin/183495618334677
Operation Leakspin official YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/OperationLeakspin
Operation Leakspin (http://operationleakspin.org/) is an offshoot of Operation Payback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Payback#Operation_Avenge_Assange), and it is basically recruiting anyone and everyone to read released Wikileaks cables and find interesting stuff that the MSM has not yet reported on. After all, most of what we know right now is what the MSM has dug up for themselves from the cables. There could be (and probably is) some fascinating stuff left to be uncovered by us that they have chosen not to report on, or perhaps even missed entirely.
Here is how they describe the effort on their website (http://operationleakspin.org/about):
Operation Leakspin
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
This is Operation Leakspin.
We believe that all the information provided by the leaked cables should be out and open for the public to read, discuss and most of all: understand.
We will use as much manpower as possible to publish information found in the cables to the public. We will speed up the process of uncovering, we will release facts that the media didn’t speak about, and we will summarize the diplomatic leaks into chunks that everybody can understand.
The war against censorship should be fought not only by attacking businesses facilitating it. It should be fought by actively releasing all the information that can be released, to all the people it can be released to.
We are against censorship, and this is how we prove it, this is what Operation Leakspin is about.
For more information on Operation Leakspin (including how you can participate in the effort), check out their website (http://operationleakspin.org/) - particularly the link that says "quality control" on the sidebar, which gives a good breakdown of the submission process. Or, click here (http://operationleakspin.org/quality-control).
It is my opinion that this is a crucial step in the ongoing saga of Wikileaks and the freedom of information. It's also what Julian Assange wanted all along - citizens doing their own journalism, as opposed to relying on corporate media feeding it to them.
LINKS:
Operation Leakspin official website: http://operationleakspin.org/
Operation Leakspin official Twitter: http://twitter.com/OpLeakspin
Operation Leakspin official Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-Leakspin/183495618334677
Operation Leakspin official YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/OperationLeakspin