Are social media companies "publishers"? Of course but they are not treated as such. They can censor, promote, and manipulate readership for profit... and yet insist they don't control the content. nytimes.com/2021/12/09/opi…
Is Wikileaks journalism? Is Veritas journalism? Is this tweet journalism? "Congress shall make no law...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble..." Let's see.
Assange evolved from a leaker to hacker. Was he a foreign asset? Most likely. Will his conviction damage journalism? Yes. The media works frequently works from leaked or stolen documents. Many harm national security. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Is Veritas a foreign asset intended to damage national security? Does disinformation, espionage and targeting a sitting NSC director qualify as a threat to security? nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/…
"Mr. O’Keefe founded Project Veritas...to investigate and expose corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions (and enhance) ethical conduct and institutional transparency in (America). assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/6…
"an innovative, secure and anonymous way for sources to leak information to our journalists. One of our most important activities is to publish original source material alongside news stories so readers and historians alike can see evidence of the truth."wikileaks.org/About.html
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