December 2010
6 posts
Wikileaks whistle-blower: Where's the money,... →
Money comes into Wikileaks - but it doesn’t come out.
Truth, Spin, Transparency
Jeff Jarvis asked if he can use Visa, MasterCard or PayPal to support transparency, freedom of speech (the First Amendment is US only, the issue itself is global), and true government reform.
To answer his question:
The ACLU accepts Visa and MasterCard.
The UNHCR accepts Visa and MasterCard.
Transparency International accepts PayPal.
Amnesty International accepts Visa and MasterCard.
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What taking down credit card payment systems also...
No donations for charities
Families can’t buy food
Families can’t get cash to buy food
Families can’t pay their credit card bill, going deeper into debt
Anonymous’ collateral damage. Feeling proud of yourselves?
Farewell, Wikileaks.
The time to say our farewell to WikiLeaks, Cryptome, and all the other single whistleblower sites has come. The current actions of governments and businesses alike show that a single site always has a single point of failure.
DNS, storage, donations, they all can be closed down, legally or illegally.
Businesses aren’t obliged to serve anyone. So a whistleblower site must not be dependent...
thisisnthelpful:
I used to call a lot of things gay. Itchy blankets? Gay. Leaky buckets? Gay. Fanny packs? You are not even trying. SO GAY. Then I started replacing those “gays” with “black” in my head. Or “asian” or “female” or “muslim.”
I don’t say things are gay anymore.
37 Words.
That’s the amount that turns a tough question into an editorial letter. What’s the difference? The one question asks whether or not it is a good idea to publish something that can have wide-ranging repercussions, while the other, a little shorter, question is aiming straight for the answerer’s ego.
Can you spot the questions?