“My family has had to move and change their name and have been subject ...” — Julian Assange Quote

My family has had to move and change their name and have been subject to threats from right wing blogs calling for my son, for example, to be killed to get at me.

We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely to harm anyone, that it is properly investigated by quality news organizations, and by lawyers and human rights groups and so on.

The media helps keep government honest.

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.

I had had a lot of experience in bringing the Internet to Australia, and I saw that knowledge in the hands of people achieves reform.

I follow all these fashion blogs that are cool and inspire me. I'm not really obsessed with anyone except for the people that I like romantically. I get excited when they post. Sometimes I like to stalk my exes.

I have an amazing social-media wing man who manages my Facebook fan site. All my blogs get copied there.

I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.

When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?