Chelsea Manning and the rise of ‘big data’ whistleblowing in the digital age
As Chelsea Manning prepares to speak – via video link – in events across the east coast of Australia, the reality of whistleblowing in the big data age is starting to dawn on all of us, explains Suelette Dreyfus in this crossposting from The Conversation.
Chelsea Manning will appear via video link at events in Brisbane and Melbourne this month – as the Australian government refuses to provide her a visa.
Without a visa, Manning was in Los Angeles when she appeared electronically on a giant screen at a weekend event speaking with journalist Peter Greste at the Sydney Opera House, where she received a standing ovation.
Chelsea Manning speaking at the Sydney Opera House via video link https://t.co/UZ0aO8eLZj #sydneynews pic.twitter.com/xSe8V5cjqB
You mean Bradley Manning. Nobody becomes a woman simply because they frock up and put on a voice. To suggest otherwise, is to insult and vilify 4 billion women worldwide.