Wikileaking : the ethics of secrecy and exposure / edited by Christian Cotton and Robert Arp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cotton, Christian, editor.

Arp, Robert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

WikiLeaks (Organization).

Leaks (Disclosure of information)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Leaks (Disclosure of information).

Whistle blowing--Moral and ethical aspects.

Whistle blowing.

Physical Description:

xii, 256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Open Court, [2019]

Summary:

WikiLeaks is famous--or infamous--for publishing secret material, including classified government documents, confidential videos and emails, and information leaked by whistleblowers, some of them anonymous, others revealing their identities. WikiLeaks claims to have compiled a database of more than ten million "forbidden" documents. Its founder and leader, Australian activist Julian Assange proclaims that the public is entitled to the truth and that "information wants to be free." --Publisher

Contents:

About / Christian Cotton

First dump : leaky ship: Conspiracies and the power of WikiLeaks / Peter Ludlow ; Leaks in the ship of fools / Robert F.J. Seddon

Second dump : deep thoughts: Blind oversight / Trip McCrossin and Azeem Chaudry ; The double effect of WikiLeaking / Dan Miori

Third dump : risk management: Risky business / Daniel Clarkson Fisher ; That's a problem for you, not us / David LaRocca

Fourth dump : truth sleuth: The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth / Isadora Mosch and L. Brooke Rudow-Abouharb ; Lied to for your own good / Frank Scalambrino ; Information wants to be true? / Christopher Ketcham

Fifth dump : fake news: On WikiLeaks and bullshit / Marlene Clark ; Bad faith and WikiLeaks / Kimberly S. Engels

Sixth dump : know it all: On the disadvantage of WikiLeaks for life / Leslie A. Aarons ; Is there too much information? / Louis Colombo

Seventh dump : street creed: The conscience of reality winner / Jennifer Baker ; E-leaking as civil disobedience / Miquel Comas Oliver

Eighth dump : open secrets: Plugging the leak in the good citizen ship / Brad Patty ; Selfless whistleblowing and selfish leaking / Joshua Hautala and Adam Barkman ; Kill switch engage / Christian Cotton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index.

ISBN:

9780812699883

0812699882

OCLC:

1022984261