Wikileaks

I just wanted to write a little bit about Wikileaks in general. It has always been a hot topic in Swedish news because the wikileaks website is hosted in Sweden. And the swedish political party "Piratparitet" (the Pirate Party) is going to host wikileaks newer servers. I am not sure why but there must be something about swedish internet laws that makes it a great country for these kinds of websites (The Pirate Bay being another example of a questionable website that can't be taken down). It seems hard to prosecute anyone in Sweden for what they put on the internet.

Recently, a couple of months back, after a visit in Sweden Julian Assange was arrested in his absence because of accusations of rape. However the case was quickly withdrawn as there was no real evidence. Some believe that wikileak enemies where behind it to get Assange behind bars.

There is no doubt that Wikileaks is controversial. Also, without the internet, it is likely that this would have never happened. The internet has allowed it to reach everyone without even the U.S. stopping it. That just shows what a powerful tool the internet is. But wether it is the right thing to do or not is up for debate.