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WikiLeaks’s founder, Julian Assange, filed an application to patent the use of his name

WikiLeaks’s founder, Julian Assange, filed an application to patent the use of his name

According to international media, the request was made by the law firm of Assange two weeks ago, with the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO), an organization that takes care of intellectual property in that region. The request covers the use of the mark Julian Assange in public activities (lectures), service journalism, news, texts, education services, [...]
Wikileaks and Nobel Prize

Wikileaks and Nobel Prize

The WikiLeaks site was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, said a Norwegian parliamentarian Snorre Valen, author of the proposal, a day after the end of the deadline for applications. The Norwegian Nobel Committee accepted until February 1, the nominations for the prize regarded by many as a major honor in the world, although the five members [...]
Joe Biden said that Julian Assange seems to be a high-tech terrorist

Joe Biden said that Julian Assange seems to be a high-tech terrorist

The vice president of the United States has made very strong statements against Julian Assange. Joe Biden said the founder of the site WikiLeaks, which disclosed many secret documents Americans, is on the high-tech terrorism. This is the biggest criticism on Assange made by some member of the Obama administration. Biden said that the information leaked [...]
Julian Assange fears that U.S. prosecutors want to indict him for espionage

Julian Assange fears that U.S. prosecutors want to indict him for espionage

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, accused the companies no longer provide service to his site from being in the service of U.S. foreign policy, and asked for help in his work to be protected from “illegal and immoral attacks.” Assange is imprisoned in Britain, where he can be extradited to Sweden to answer allegations of sexual crimes, [...]
Operation Leakspin

Operation Leakspin

After Operation Payback, which toppled sites Visa and Mastercard, the protest actions of the group known as “Anonymous” have taken a new form, from the release of a new action, called Operation Leakspin. Users are invited to browse the collection of more compromising WikiLeaks documents, summary versions of the same post (along with the [...]
Pen drives are no longer permitted in restricted use of military computers

Pen drives are no longer permitted in restricted use of military computers

Removable media such as CDs, DVDs and USB drives are no longer permitted in restricted use of military computers. The blacklist of media made by the U.S. military is the latest measure of defense against Wikileaks, which began in mid-November to publish hundreds of thousands of confidential messages between the United States and diplomats. Private [...]
OpenLeaks will compete with WikiLeaks

OpenLeaks will compete with WikiLeaks

It seems that the organization WikiLeaks will have a competitor going forward. According to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, several people who resigned from the project due to conflicts with the founder Julian Assange are planning to open a new site next Monday (13), the Openleaks. One of the organizers of the project, who asked to remain anonymous, [...]
Founder of WikiLeaks is arrested in London

Founder of WikiLeaks is arrested in London

WikiLeaks‘s founder, Julian Assange, was arrested this morning by the Metropolitan Police of London, England. In a statement published by the Guardian, British police confirmed the arrest of Australian aged 39, from 9:30 am British time. Assange is accused by the Swedish Justice of sexual abuse and rape of two women allegedly committed in August [...]
China attacked Google

China attacked Google

The attacks that happened to Google that took the Internet company to suspend its operations in China was led by two members of the main regulatory body in China. So say U.S. diplomatic documents recently published by WikiLeaks and cited by The New York Times. Citing documents, the newspaper says China executed repeated and often successful attacks [...]
Wikileaks Begins To Get Support From Online Entities As A ‘Journalistic Entity’

Wikileaks Begins To Get Support From Online Entities As A ‘Journalistic Entity’

The newest pain for the U.S intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense, Wikileaks, recently got kicked off the servers of Amazon.com and one of the biggest payment portals, Paypal, refused its services to Wikileaks, in lieu of the immense controversy surrounding the whistle blowing website. However, many in the field of media and publishing [...]