Difference between revisions of "2008-02-18 Whistle-blower site taken offline"
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− | + | <let name=data index=Date>2008-02-18</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Source>BBC</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Topics>\censorship\WikiLeaks\whistleblowers\Julius Baer</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=URL>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7250916.stm</let> | |
− | {{ | + | <let name=data index=Title>Whistle-blower site taken offline</let> |
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+ | <p>'''A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.'''</p> | ||
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+ | <p>[[WikiLeaks]].org, as it is known, was [https://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction cut off from the internet] following a California court ruling, the site says.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities. .. Other versions of the pages, hosted in countries such as Belgium and India, can still be accessed.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>The case was brought by lawyers working for the Swiss banking group [[Julius Baer]]. It concerned several documents posted on the site which allegedly reveal that the bank was involved with [[money laundering]] and [[tax evasion]].</p> | ||
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+ | <let name=data index=TextShort>“[[WikiLeaks]].org, as it is known, was [https://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction cut off from the internet] following a California court ruling, the site says. .. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities. .. Other versions of the pages, hosted in countries such as Belgium and India, can still be accessed.”</let> | ||
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