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| Former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg will launch a rival site to Julian Assange's. |
Beware, WikiLeaks - there's a new complaint on the block.
After a disagreement with Chief Julian Assange WikiLeaks, a former employee is ready to launch a new website on Monday offering an alternative for those with secrets to share.
The site will be Openleaks call, and will provide a platform for anonymous sources to send confidential information.
"Openleaks is a technology project that is intended to be a service to third parties who want to be able to accept material from anonymous sources," former spokesman Daniel Berg Domscheit WikiLeaks said in a documentary Swedish broadcaster SVT, obtained by The Associated Press.
The site was created with the same goal as WikiLeaks: providing a haven for whistleblowers, to disclose secret documents.
But there are significant differences.
On the one hand, Openleaks will not publish the leak itself.
"To limit the power of the site, we are dividing the presentation by the publication," Berg said Domscheit-Forbes. "No organization bears any responsibility or all of the workload."
Instead, the site will partner with the media - five newspapers in the first place - and allows users to choose which paper to present your information. These documents will then be able to review and fact checking the material before choosing to publish it or not.
If an outlet does not choose to publish the leaked material, Openleaks can send it to other media sources. "If a newspaper does not publish, it will be shared," said Domscheit-Berg. "They can not just put it in a drawer."
Domscheit-Berg, who used to go with the name Daniel Schmitt, the man was already Assange right hand.
They separated in the fall, after a tense confrontation over how the organization was run.
issues Domscheit-Berg Assange leadership style, the couple's disagreements over the type and frequency of leaks, and a dispute over the transparency within the organization led to his departure, triggered by a suspension of one month to the Assange called "bad behavior ".
A chat between the two men allegedly obtained by Wired.com shows the tension that preceded their separation.
"You do not have the king or god," wrote Domscheit-Berg. "And you're not fulfilling its role as a leader now. A leader communicates and cultivates trust in yourself. You are doing exactly the opposite. It behaves as a kind of emperor or slave trader."
Assange replied: "You're suspended for a month, effective immediately."
new venture will live Domscheit-Berg on Monday, according to Jesper Huor SVT reporter, and is headed by a board of directors based in Germany.
He is also working on a tell-all book about his experience working on WikiLeaks, entitled "Inside WikiLeaks: My time at most sites in the world is dangerous."
Assange, who is arrested in London on charges sexual crime against him in Sweden, is reportedly unconcerned about the new site.
When asked about Openleaks last month, he dimissed the idea that it would be a threat.
"The provision of leaks is very big," said Forbes. "It's useful for us to have more people in this industry. It is protective for us."
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