Why The WikiLeaks Model Of Radical Transparency Failed
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 21:10
in Physics & Chemistry
After WikiLeaks released classified and sensitive government documents, predictions of the scale and significance of their impact were overstated.The desire/hope of proponents that the WikiLeaks disclosures of 2010 meant conventional mechanisms for controlling government-held information wee breaking down, heralding a new world of 'radical transparency', were short-lived. Old-style secrecy is still there, argues Alasdair Roberts of Suffolk University Law School. Leak, publish, and wait for the inevitable outrage is easily defeated in practice.It turns out radical transparency is hard to achieve and a technological fix alone will not do it. read more