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2023-05-04 18:09:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CFE53638F8AB7D07013D2ABF99B6F13A14CFD35CF948C5FFDE8390941ADE096C
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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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