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2023-05-04 23:45:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7971583D471A333C812472CE17700C48B0D990628EB1DF9B6FE4996156DC12A0
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The right to a free press is guaranteed by the 1st amendment in the US constitution: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/#:~:text=The%20First%20Amendment%20provides%20that,for%20a%20redress%20of%20grievances. However, Julian Assange, the main publisher of WikiLeaks is facing extradition to America under the espionage act for publishing US war crimes. He was not the whistleblower. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105827493/julian-assange-extradition-explained
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