WikiLeaks, in concert with bold crowdsourcing tactics, has published thousands of cables in what is being called the “largest mass release” yet of US State Department Cables by the WikiLeaks organization founded by Julian Assange. This action was taken just after the development of a new Twitter account @WLFind and hashtag #WLfind to stimulate the crowdsourcing and mining of “gems” of data from the cables. Reuters journalist Mark Hosenball cites “A person in contact with Assange’s inner circle told Reuters the rationale behind the mass release of documents was dismay among WikiLeaks activists that media organizations had lost interest in publishing stories based on the material.”
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