By now everyone is aware of the WikiLeaks scandal. Confidential government documents went global after they were put up on the wikileaks website recently and now governments worldwide are outraged. The founder of the site is being sought under criminal charges, governments (particularly the US government, as the documents were mostly from the US) are scrambling to maintain international relationships (many of the documents released private feelings on a variety of foreign dignitaries) and the people of the world are left questioning whether they should have a right to this information. Should everyone have access to these documents or did the site go too far and put too much at risk? I am really not sure of the answer but I think it does highlight an important issue. That the web has created a paradigm shift in power structures - people now have power and have the ability to influence and affect an international audience and governments can't stop this from happening.
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