EFF in Support of WikiLeaks and Anti-Censorship

The EFF is a noble cause and there are many times that I am in complete agreement if not perpetually. This is again one of those times. They too saw the damage that the US proposed law poses to freedom of speech and the freedom of the press.

Republished from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Say No to Online Censorship!

Recent publications made by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks have fueled an emotionally charged debate about the secrecy of government information and the people’s right to know. This debate has turned into a massive attack on the right of intermediaries to publish truthful information.…

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Swiss Banks Have no Problem with Nazi Gold, Big Problem with Wikileaks

I’m reposting this because it’s wrong and should be stopped. It’s time that we, the people, exert power over our governments and not the other way around. Your government is there to serve you, not to control you. This is obviously a case where the government is controlling the corporation. With banks having such strict regulations I’m sure even the minor threat of auditing and the like will send them scurrying and cause them to infringe the rights of others, as they have obviously done here.

Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, Defense Fund frozen.

Since when do banks start putting out press releases about freezing assets of private citizens? Does that not constitute some manner of breach of contract and cross some privacy lines? They should be fined as well as audited.

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