Wikileaks and cablegate are the hottest keywords out there. Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was arrested in United Kingdom and a couple of days ago he was set free after having his bail posted. Who posted a part of his bail? Michael Moore, the well known and controversial filmmaker.
That says a lot for me. Michael Moore has made many interesting documentaries about some really hot topics. One was about 9/11, one other was about the healthcare system in US and, his latest documentary was about the economic crisis. As you can see, he is an activist and he is trying to inform the masses about everything that is really important for their everyday life. And now, he is posting bail for Julian Assange.
The guy who made public more than 250.000 classified documents of correspondence between the US State of Department and US diplomats. Everyone who works in the old-type media is thinking “wow, that’s a huge scandal”. But if you are not one of those conservative guys, you are probably able to understand why this is nothing more than a proof that in the web-era nothing stays secret. Sooner or later, if there is a piece of information that would change someone’s life, then this information will reach its final destination.
In the years to come, everything will change and there will be no more “classified” documents. People will have to act openly, will have to make public every one of their upcoming moves and they will be judged according to them. Social networks have enormous power and now that sharing is a piece of cake, every person who acts shady should think twice before doing anything controversial. Deleting your past or your moves, is going to be much more difficult, if possible at all.
See Wikileaks for example. Who is against this site? The US Government, Amazon, Paypal, Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard. Some of really big players of the corporate world. Now, that we are in the middle of this -so called- scandal, what’s the result? Wikileaks is online and everyone can transfer money to support them. Like Lernean Hydra, Wikileaks has more servers every second, more money, it gains more and more publicity and people are finally starting to wake up. Even if Julian Assange will be found guilty for espionage (?) or whatever it is, can anyone believe that there won’t be any imitators? I ‘ll say just this: openleaks.com is already under construction. And it is so much smarter. Everyone will be able to receive anonymous information through this site. By increasing the channels of receiving information and the potential senders, it’s sure that more and more information will reach its destination.
Web is transforming our lifes and Wikileaks is the biggest proof of that. There are many more changes to come and if corporations can’t follow the individuals, then, in my eyes, they are absolutely doomed.
