Wikileaks.org has been a controversial site ever since its launch according to the article. Wikileaks was a site that allows people to become whistle blowers for big companies and other scandals. Today however it has been taken down because of a court order from California. This was because there were documents posted on it about a swiss banking group Julius Baer that alleged their involvement in money laundering and tax evasion. These documents were supposedly posted by Rudolf Elmer who is a former vice president of the bank's Cayman Island's operation. However it is hard to tell because the site makes all posts anyonomoys. It is very much censorship since the group that owns the domain name "Dynadot" wasnt even told about the hearing in which the California judge made this decision. This is very troubling because whistle blowers are necessary for uncovering scandals and inaccuracies that can have far reaching negative effects. I believe that the government should establish protections for sites such as this because it adds another avenue for ideas to be discussed and put fourth, which is and will always be a necessary part of our democracy.
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