Can we as an ordinary citizen create our own version of wikileaks.org to expose anomalies of the state and anomalies of major corporations?
As a citizen we are protected by our own rights that can’t be curtailed by anyone especially by the government subject to limitations imposed by the law. Such right though we must enjoy but nevertheless we should not abuse it. Rights that are freely enjoyed by the citizens are embodied in Constitutions and Statutes. Among such rights is our freedom to right to information found in Article 3 Section 7 which provides that “The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law". The limitations are those matters of information against public order and interest on which the right of information is not curtailed but limited.
In our modern time, access to internet is easy as snap of fingers. It contains a lot of information that you needed. We just don’t have tri-media such as radio, tv and newspaper that feed us information but now we have the web to give us different facts. Just like the wikileaks.org which leaks information about ethical, historical and political matters which reveals suppressed information by the government or major companies or corporations that creates injustice.
In our country, we as an ordinary citizen may create our own web to provide sources of information to the public on matters not contrary to public order or interest. We as a citizen should be responsible to our own actions. If it will hamper the administration of justice, we should provide such information and disclosed it in public. We should be aware and be concerned for all other fellow countryman. In creating a web similar to wikileaks means exposing anomalies of the state and anomalies of major corporation might be a better idea but if it tends to create chaos afterwards and such matter is subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution embodied in Article 3 Section 7, we should not used it to shake the foundation of the government.
