Unlike WikiLeaks' indiscriminate dumps, ICIJ redacts private personal details from its leaks
Gerard Ryle · a16z Podcast | When Journalism Goes Global · Jan 2, 2019 · at 18:20
Gerard Ryle, Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), discusses journalistic ethics and public interest filtering when handling leaked offshore financial documents.
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“When we're looking through these documents, we're not interested in people's bank accounts, their passport details. I don't believe in making that public, and I think that's the difference between ICIJ and, say, an organization like WikiLeaks. That just publishes everything.”
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