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lschueller ◴[] No.45766521[source]
In case of whistleblowing, it really makes much more sense to contact a news outlet or investigative journalist. Using some kind of agency or random-website-service will legally fire back in almost all cases. Inv. Journalists are the best go to point as they known how to deal with sensitive material without burning the whistleblower
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1. port11 ◴[] No.45771742[source]
This would be a much better idea if journalism wasn't so behold to their corporate owners, all in a world where fewer and fewer media houses exist. I do agree that you might want to go to a news outlet first, which Snowden did well to do. But I do think we're setting up society for quite some trouble by weakening investigative journalism and disenfranchising an independent fifth estate.