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“Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in building this database for them.”

Quote by Julian Assange

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Julian Assange is an Australian journalist and activist, renowned for founding WikiLeaks, a platform that allows anonymous uploaders to share sensitive or confidential documents. He was born on July 3, 1971. more

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