Wikileaks Condems Saudi Gay Man To Death Penalty

Hi-Tech Silvia Meyer
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Massive dumping of data by WikiLeaks that included the approval of the sites founder Julian Assange have revealed personal data about individuals that could be financially damaging and in some cases potentially life threatening. The Associated Press reported the development on August 23, 2016. Assange responded that the complaints from individuals and from many of his most prominent supporters were not news worthy.

Assange had previously utilized a group of journalists and other experts to filter the information that the site had exposed in order to delete any information that could be personally damaging to individuals who were not directly involved in government corruption or spying on the public. The practice took as long as three years and Assange has decided that the need for the public to know how corrupt government is trumps the privacy of the individual.

WikiLeaks has published reports that include the address, phone number, employer, and website of a gay man in Saudi Arabia. The exposure of being gay in Saudi Arabia carries a death sentence. Lesbian, gay, and transgender representative have expressed their disgust at this violation of what they perceive as privacy.

Exposures of rape, sexual molestation, and false imprisonment of non-government individuals have been corroborated by independent sources including the victims themselves.

The tapping of the Democratic National Convention is claimed to have led to the hacking of donor sites and theft from individuals who had their credit card and Social Security number published by WikiLeaks.

Many of the critics in all countries that have been involved consider the action by WikiLeaks to be illegal under their privacy laws. The staunchest Assange supporters are backing away from the exposure of personal information of innocent individuals in anticipation of legal action against the site and Assange.

Many former supporters claim that the recent release of several million files violates the original premise of WikiLeaks in planning to protect the privacy of the public from government.