Wikileaks' problem is, they refuse to admit that they are no better than Reddit and Facebook.

[DetlefK]

Reddit and Facebook are facing a big dilemma nowadays: Should they police the fake news posted on their sites?
Are they merely a platform for the content of others? Or are they a publisher with editorial responsibility?

Wikileaks has the same problem, but refuses to even address it:
You hand something to Wikileaks, Wikileaks double-checks it and then publishes it. Wikileaks claims that it's non-political. Except...

Let's assume that Wikileaks is indeed neutral and not in any way pro-Russian or anti-Clinton.
Even with that caveat, Wikileaks explicitly made an editorial decision on the anti-Clinton-material when they decided to publish it before the election, thereby influencing the election.
They could have published before or after, but the crux is that the decision itself is editorial and political.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Wikileaks is not neutral and cannot be.


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Wikileaks is now asking for whistleblowers to submit Trump's tax-returns. Their call has been met with ridicule and their response is desperate assurances that they are neutral and against all people in power.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028516825

Link to tweet

Wikileaks hasn't realized that it is not a neutral supplier of information. It is a political actor, because the WHEN of publishing information is just as important as the IF of publishing information.



Would you leak critical information to an organisation that doesn't even have the self-awareness to understand how they influence other people's lives?

[redgreenandblue]

1. I thought their policy on "when" is "when it produces the maximum impact".

That is what I gathered from interviews which Assange gave in the past.

[JI7]

2. wikileaks is worse because the purpose of it was meant to hurt others

while reddit and facebook were used by others to do harm although it was created with that intent the way wikileaks was.