Politics Buzz In an interview with Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange thanks him for his “impassioned and rational speech.
Politics Buzz Mastercard may have virtually bankrupted Wikileaks, but that hasn't erased the impact they've made so far. To find out more on how to help Wikileaks, visit Wikileaks.org/support.
Culture Buzz The News of the World/Rupert Murdoch/phone hacking scandal is going to make for an awesome movie (one that will hopefully be scripted by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Stephen Frears and called something like “Citizen Murdoch” or “Hacked: A Tale Of Power And Tragedy.”). Here's my casting wishlist. Since you are a very opinionated internet, surely you have your own ideas as to who should play Rebekah Brooks, Hugh Grant, Wendi Deng, et al. Play casting couch in the comments!
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He's one piece of foil away from a guy who rants on street corners about government microchips.
Julian Assange is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Julian Assange.
Julian Assange shakes his WikiLeaks to Rebecca Black. It's a Friday “Friday” Dance-A-Thon with Julian Assange, Thom Yorke and Hassan Baba!
Here's footage of the WikiLeaks honcho heating things up on a dance floor in Reykjavík, Iceland. Perhaps the one thing Julian Assange would like to keep hidden from the public. And, naturally, there's already a remix.
A true story about Julian Assange being an ungrateful and rude couch surfer, reenacted. He left WikiLeaks stains all over the furniture.
Culture Buzz A site that lets you paint the WikiLeaks founder by numbers. You can color him an enemy of the state or a digital revolutionary or a Larry King. Make your own here!
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The Wikileaks leader had previously claimed to have files on auto-release. That he had info on CIA ties was first-mentioned in an interview yesterday with Al-Jazeera.
A street artist is posting stills around San Francisco from the WikiLeaked “Collateral Murder” video as seen through the eyes of Master Chief. This is a Halo: Breach of security!
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The saga continues. Julian Assange has been released on bail but must remain confined to a supporter’s 600-acre estate. Although he will have to observe a curfew, wear an electronic tag and report to police every day, no restrictions have been placed on his internet usage. Looks like WikiLeaks is back in action.
Gawker has some emails Assange once sent a girl he had a thing for. They make him sound like a real creeper. Reading these emails will make you feel a little dirty, but then you probably deserve it.
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Naomi Wolf has some thought on the arrest of Julian Assange.
Celebrity Buzz TIME magazine has named their 2010 person of the year, and as usual, it's pretty controversial. Some people are probably going to be pretty shocked by this one, but in many ways, it was inevitable.
An ad for Australian yogurt that was not at all approved by Julian Assange. Considering his cavalier attitude towards international law, he would probably find the unauthorized use of his endorsement kind of amusing.
Culture Buzz Before he founded Wikileaks, Julian Assange was just another “Passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual” seeking a “spirited, erotic, non-confomist.” Sorry ladies, he's not into Americans.
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U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment. Bacha bazi is the Afghan tradition of “boy play” where young boys are dressed up in women's clothing, forced to dance for leering men, and then sold for sex to the highest bidder.
What does Anonymous have to do with Wikileaks? Why is Mastercard down? What's the deal with Amazon? If you haven't been paying attention, this breakdown identifies just some of the key players and events thus far.
After refusing to process Wikileaks donations, Mastercard's website has been forcibly removed by infamous ad-hoc hacker group Anonymous. Now, another faction of Anonymous are denouncing the attacks, targeting anyone who would support Wikileaks. This is what happens when anyone can claim to represent Anonymous.
According to a current snapshot of the Top 10, Assange is defeating Obama, Lady Gaga and The Chilean Miners as Time Magazine's Person of the Year. If 4chan has anything to say about it, Assange has this one in the bag. (Via.)
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who had been playing a game of Where's Waldo with Interpol, has finally been arrested by the British Police. Assange was wanted on accusations of sexual assault during a trip to Sweden. Unfortunately, this is only the beginning of a laundry list of troubles waiting for Assange. He's been denied bail, and plans to fight ant extradition attempt. In an editorial for The Australian today, Assange quotes Rupert Murdoch: “In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win.”
Why isn't Wikileaks on the Twitter Trends list? It might have something to do with it being there once already. Has any other trending topic appeared on Twitter Trends more than once after the Bieber algorithm adjustment?
Tweets about Wikileaks have made up a nearly constant 1% of all conversation on Twitter for the last week, far greater than the top 10 Trending topics. Why isn't Wikileaks on the list?