As I am sure you all know, Wikileaks has been in the news spotlight for awhile now. Many questions are coming up regarding internet governance and responsibility.
Recently, Twitter has been under fire for their "association" with Wikileaks. Other companies such as Amazon.com and EveryDNS.net that have been criticized for their partnership with Wikileaks.com have acted upon the social criticism by severing their ties.
The newest addition to this list is Paypal.com. This is one of the most important because Paypal was Wikileaks means of receiving donations. Now that the cash flow is not easily coming into Wikileaks, and the government is trying to stop their distribution methods by cutting off Twitter, we may soon see the site either change its ways of distribution or maybe even stop altogether.
Do you agree with what Wikileaks is doing? If you were in charge of a company, would you want to be associated with them?
I've been noticing that wikileaks has been taking a lot of heat recently, the website has actually been blocked multiple times. I don't know if i agree with what they're doing, but the whole situation is a testament to how open, connected, and free to use the internet is as a medium.
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