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Where's Wikileaks?
Whistleblower site Wikileaks, winner of last year’s Economist/Index on Censorship New Media award, seems to have disappeared. The site hit the news this week when it published a secret list of sites blocked by the Danish government. In response, Australia blocked Wikileaks. Inevitably, Wikileaks then published the Australians’ list of banned sites. And now, no […]
19 Mar 09

Whistleblower site Wikileaks, winner of last year’s Economist/Index on Censorship New Media award, seems to have disappeared.

The site hit the news this week when it published a secret list of sites blocked by the Danish government. In response, Australia blocked Wikileaks.

Inevitably, Wikileaks then published the Australians’ list of banned sites. And now, no one seems to be able to access Wikileaks.

Global censorship? Or just too much traffic?

Update: it’s back, seemingly intact.

By Padraig Reidy

Padraig Reidy is the editor of Little Atoms and a columnist for Index on Censorship. He has also written for The Observer, The Guardian, and The Irish Times.

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