OpenLeaks Opens Its Internet Door

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While Wikileaks has been successfully vilified in the court of public opinion thanks to the slapdash way they seem to release information, a new site that is purported to be very similar launched yesterday with some caveats the site administrators hope will keep them from joining the ranks of the world’s most wanted.

OpenLeaks has claimed that when they choose to leak information they will actually give the whistleblowers more control over exactly what is leaked, in particular the whistle blowers will be able to pick and choose what news organizations they want the information leaked to. OpenLeaks also hopes the fact that instead of releasing the information themselves, they will be a go-between for the leakers and news outlets will make the company less of a target.

The president of OpenLeaks said that he’d “like to work with media outlets that have an interesting in informing the public.” Using this approach Daniel Domscheit-Berg knows that the impetus is on the news organization rather than his site.