Free Julian Assange
summary
Julian has been held since April 11, 2019, after being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy; WikiLeaks built an encrypted submission dropbox and large searchable archives that changed journalism, then lost 97% of revenue overnight after PayPal and banks cut ties, pushing it to early Bitcoin adoption. Legal case uses the Espionage Act with 17 counts carrying a theoretical 175‑year sentence; Spanish whistleblowers and seized evidence allege recorded lawyer meetings, stolen DNA and plots to kidnap or poison.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:28Bitcoin vs censorship
- 6:28Banking blockade and Bitcoin
- 7:49Espionage Act charges
- 13:33CIA operations and propaganda
- 16:25Extraterritorial jurisdiction
- 21:00Obama vs Trump on Assange
- 22:50Assange on surveillance and Bitcoin
- 24:41Why freedom matters
- 25:44Call to action
related talks
59mProtecting Civil Liberties With Privacy-Enhancing Technology
01h 21mSurveillance and intelligence agencies. After Snowden and after Charlie.
49mBlack Box Justice: What Bitcoin Developers Need to Know About How the U.S. Government Prosecutes...
48mGovernment Hacking and Human Rights: The Why and the How
48mKeynote: Out of the sausage factory and into the streets - Defending digital rights
01h 13mRevenge pornography. Legal and policy issues.
24mToward a Transparent Society
01h 11mLaw enforcement internet jurisdiction.