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4 Minute Roundup: WikiLeaks Under Attack, Dropped by Amazon

by Mark Glaser, December 3, 2010

Tagged: amazon, cablegate, free speech, jay rosen, julian assange, wikileaks

4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

In this week's 4MR podcast, I talk about the recent release of secret diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, and how it is viewed by governments, journalists and free speech advocates. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden for possible sex crimes, Amazon dropped hosting the documents, and the site has had trouble staying online due to hacker attacks. I spoke with NYU professor Jay Rosen about his views on WikiLeaks, the networked nature of information sharing, and the potential for local WikiLeaks.

Check it out:

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Listen to my entire interview with Jay Rosen:

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Background music is "What the World Needs" by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.

Here's a longer discussion of WikiLeaks by Jay Rosen in a recent video:

Jay Rosen on Wikileaks: "The watchdog press died; we have this instead." from Jay Rosen on Vimeo.

Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:

State's Secrets - Special Report at NY Times

Swedish Court Confirms Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder at NY Times

WikiLeaks site

Despite Attacks, WikiLeaks' Swedish Host Won't Budge at Forbes

Bill aimed at WikiLeaks introduced at UPI

The War on WikiLeaks at CBS News

WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks at the AP

Amazon explains WikiLeaks cutoff - Not because of feds at the Seattle Times

Amazon and WikiLeaks - Online Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Intermediary at the EFF

Online, the censors are scoring big wins at Salon

Here are some of the more entertaining responses to our recent poll question about new names for Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism:

medill survey grab.jpg

Also, be sure to vote in our poll about who you think about WikiLeaks:

Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

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\n\n4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.\n\nIn this week's 4MR podcast, I talk about the recent release of secret diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, and how it is viewed by governments, journalists and free speech advocates. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden for possible sex crimes, Amazon dropped hosting the documents, and the site has had trouble staying online due to hacker attacks. I spoke with NYU professor Jay Rosen about his views on WikiLeaks, the networked nature of information sharing, and the potential for local WikiLeaks.\n\nCheck it out:\n\n

\n\n\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR\":http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR via iTunes\":itpc://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\nListen to my entire interview with Jay Rosen:\n\n

\n\n\n\nBackground music is \"What the World Needs\" by the \"The Ukelele Hipster Kings\":http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1930 via PodSafe Music Network. \n\nHere's a longer discussion of WikiLeaks by Jay Rosen in a recent video:\n\n

Jay Rosen on Wikileaks: \"The watchdog press died; we have this instead.\" from Jay Rosen on Vimeo.

\n\nHere are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:\n\n\"State's Secrets - Special Report\":http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/statessecrets.html at NY Times\n\n\"Swedish Court Confirms Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder\":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/world/europe/03assange.html at NY Times\n\n\"WikiLeaks site\":http://www.wikileaks.org/\n\n\"Despite Attacks, WikiLeaks' Swedish Host Won't Budge\":http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/12/03/despite-attacks-wikileaks-swedish-host-wont-budge/ at Forbes\n\n\"Bill aimed at WikiLeaks introduced\":http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/12/03/Bill-aimed-at-WikiLeaks-introduced/UPI-80501291412644/ at UPI\n\n\"The War on WikiLeaks\":http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20024558-503543.html at CBS News\n\n\"WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks\":http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JSHKUG0.htm at the AP\n\n\"Amazon explains WikiLeaks cutoff - Not because of feds\":http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2013581006_amazon_explains_wikileaks_cuto.html?syndication=rss at the Seattle Times\n\n\"Amazon and WikiLeaks - Online Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Intermediary\":https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/amazon-and-wikileaks-first-amendment-only-strong at the EFF\n\n\"Online, the censors are scoring big wins\":http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2010/12/03/the_net_s_soft_underbelly/index.html at Salon\n\nHere are some of the more entertaining responses to our recent poll question about new names for Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism:\n\n\n\nAlso, be sure to vote in our poll about who you think about WikiLeaks:\n\n\n\n\nMark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and \"Idea Lab\":http://www.pbs.org/idealab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the \"Online Publishers Association\":http://www.online-publishers.org. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter \"@mediatwit\":http://www.twitter.com/mediatwit.\n\n\n\n4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

"It's a very strange move by Amazon...and shows that relying on private companies as providers for infrastructure of the open web is a very dangerous thing." - Jay Rosen

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