WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange get all the attention these days. Yet, no one ever pays heed to the little guys. There are still plenty of other sites blowing the high pitched sound of justice. The truth is out there and in more ways than one. We’ve compiled a list of the top 6 whistle-blowing alternatives.
1. WIKILEAKS ALTERNATIVES: GLOBALEAKS.COM
Unlike WikiLeaks, GlobaLeaks doesn’t have a giant collection of documents to roam through on its site. Instead, it has a large network of “nodes” that secretly pass info between them. Hence, this clouds up the original source, making it hard to track. Some compare it to the BitTorrent for leaked documents because no single source has all the information. That means shutting down just a single node is pointless since it can move around so easily.
2. WIKILEAKS ALTERNATIVES: BALKANLEAKS.EU
Want to know what’s going on in the Balkans? Do you even know where that is? Well, it’s high time you found out. BalkanLeaks.eu is not in the business of keeping secrets. In fact, that’s pretty much their slogan. This site is a little bit like WikiLeaks but with a focus on exposing organized crime and political corruption. However, unlike Assange’s version, this site only publishes documents once it has thoroughly reviewed and checked them.
3. WIKILEAKS ALTERNATIVES: CRYPTOME.ORG
Cryptome.org is an old player in the game. They were founded way back in 1996, and their website still looks like it. Website design aside, John Young and Deborah Natsios created Cryptome.org as an alternative to WikiLeaks. It has a focus on free speech and uncovering spying method techniques used by the world’s governments and corporations. Cryptome.org proudly welcomes documents for that are banned by any governments around the world. So, get to work.
Furthermore, their 65,000 files include the names of suspect M16 agents and photos of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. Last year, the site had a brief hiccup when it was shut down by Microsoft. Apparently, they released a document proving that Microsoft showed the government how to get their customers’ private data. There are plenty of reasons to hate Microsoft already. However, now, this is just one more. And a big one at that. No wonder why Zuckerburg puts tape on his computer camera.
4. WIKILEAKS ALTERNATIVES: AJTRANSPARENCY.COM
AJTransparency is rather new to the leaking scene. Launched in January, this site helps by giving a safe platform where whistleblowers in the Arab world can submit info. There, Al Jazeera can then investigate it. Be it human rights, poverty, corruption or more, AJTU hopes to hunt down all leads. As you can understand, this is risky business in the Middle East. However, this didn’t’ stop them from releasing more than 16,000 documents showing shady deals between Israel and Palestine.
5. WIKILEAKS ALTERNATIVES: UNILEAKS.ORG
WikiLeaks might focus on surveillance and government corruption but that doesn’t mean corruption doesn’t exist elsewhere. Take the education system for example. Scandals of all kinds happen in even the most prestigious universities. Unileaks.org hopes to uncover them all. Thanks to an anonymous group of Australians, they hope to “keep education honest”. UniLeaks.org states that the public has a right to know how these universities are spending their large amount of public funding. While they haven’t broken a big story yet, certainly keep an eye on this promising site in the future.
6. WIKILEAKS ALTERNATIVES: WIKISPOOKS.COM
The mission of WikiSpooks.com is to publish documents and articles on the political fringe. Hence, challenging the “official” news out there that could have conspiratorial elements. While it dabbles in “fringe”, it is still used by average joe whistleblower. WikiSpooks provides collaborative modification of its structure and content just like Wikipedia does.
