WikiLeaks’ Successors

An entire new generation of WikiLeaks-inspired services, enabling anonymous, secure submissions of leaked documents, is springing up around the world. Although the technology for these sites may be solid, however, potential leakers and those to whom they leak face growing threats from the law, and from outright spying. One recently launched outlet is the Al Jazeera Transparency Unit, which encourages people to upload documents, photos, and videos “to shine light on notable and newsworthy government and corporate activities which might otherwise go unreported […] from human rights to poverty to official corruption.”