A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg sentenced anti-war activist Olga Smirnova to six years in prison on August 30 on a charge of spreading fake news about the armed forces.
  • GarbageShoot [he/him]English
    16•2 years ago

    Assange wasn’t leaking information, he was reporting on information that had already been leaked.

    • SeaJOP
      0•2 years ago

      The prosecution provided evidence that WikiLeaks helped Manning crack a password which would involve them in the leak itself. So saying he was just reporting on it is debatable.