Wikileaks thinking of making an online database with all "verified" twitter accounts/family/job/etc

[Blue_Adept]

WikiLeaks Task Force
@WLTaskForce
We are thinking of making an online database with all "verified" twitter accounts & their family/job/financial/housing relationships.

1:03pm · 6 Jan 2017 · TweetDeck

https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce/status/817431533183238144

Prepare for much horror.

[brush]

1. Weren't they against overreach and domestic spying? Now they're becoming what they're supposed to ..

be against.

Assange has jumped the shark completely now.

Didn't he do enough damage by helping trump win?

[Abu Pepe]

2. How very Soviet of them nt

[Blue_Tires]

3. LOL.. Where are Assange's cheerleaders now??

Come in here and defend your boy...

So a "transparency" group has now devolved to straight up creating enemies lists for intimidation, blackmail and doxxing...

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Just a note that "verified" twitter accounts are the ones with a blue checkmark

and are usually famous/important. I wouldn't know about all that or how one gets verified. But they're going for high-value targets, not all users.

So on the one hand, most of us don't have to worry about our own accounts, but the famous folks (especially the media!) could be subject to blackmail or harassment. We will need to fight for them, and can do so with a little less fear than if our own families were threatened.