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2023-05-04 16:57:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D734C2A967D03FDC76C08926CDF50E90851F93F21F1C8E16B29F0EEDE4DB24CC
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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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