The Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets Collective) is a journalistic 501 (c) non-profit organization dedicated to the free transmission of data in the public interest.
Their goal is to avoid political, corporate or personal tendencies, and to act as a "beacon of available information".
"As a collective of transparency, we do not support any purpose, idea or message other than ensuring that information is available to those who need it most."
What DDoSecrets says on the webσελίδα their
We are a small group, but our influence extends far beyond our members. Our founders had worked together informally for many years and developed deep connections in the fields of data collection, research, journalism, activism and technology. In 2018, The Architect and Emma Best, along with others who chose to remain anonymous, decided to pool their know-how and time to create a single project that represents our common goals and provide a platform that trusts others.
The data we index must meet two Criteria:
- To be in the public interest,
- To be able at first glance to make an assumption about the accuracy of the content
Since 2018, we've grown by leaps and bounds, released tens of terabytes of data, and partnered with groups like the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, European Investigative Collaborations, the SilverLining Project at Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Social Media Analysis Toolkit (SMAT).
Our view is that data is one resource and one archive. Also: these data can never tell the whole story. We trust that the public is in charge of the data and open it up for rigorous scrutiny. With enough time and data, the truth can always emerge. Veritatem cognoscere ruat cælum et pereat world.
As of July 2020, we are a registered non-profit 501 (c) 3.
According to the above, it seems that the goal is similar to his WikiLeaks, only that Assange is missing, though that it is not necessarily bad. This time we are talking about a core group of investigative journalists, not a hacker activist who started bringing the truth to the masses on his own.
It remains to be seen how much the DDoSecrets Collective will bother
