07-14, 11:00–11:50 (US/Eastern), Marillac Auditorium
Whatever you call it - transparency project, publication collective, or journalism tech - Distributed Denial of Secrets has built the world's largest library of once-secret information, publishing over 100 million leaked files from 60 countries. Including all the pending publications, DDoSecrets has grown larger than the Library of Congress. Like an "endless scroll" of social media, terabytes of data get regularly liberated from cartels, governments, and corporations. Mixed in with the stream of useful leaks is a flood of disinformation, bolstered by AI-powered deepfakes and state-sponsored troll farms. How are we adapting - or failing to adapt? How can hackers and data journalists collaborate to navigate the ransomware blogs, Breach Forums, and hacktivist Discord channels of variable quality? Core DDoSecrets members Emma Best and Lorax Horne come together to discuss the greatest challenges of today's leaks librarians, and what the future of source protection looks like in a world saturated by misinformation and capitalism.
Emma Best is an investigative journalist, transparency advocate, and cofounder of Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets). She has filed thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests and published hundreds of articles appearing in outlets like MuckRock, Gizmodo, Motherboard, Unicorn Riot, The Outline, and Property of the People.
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Lorax Horne is a writer and journalist from Canada, Ecuador, and the United Kingdom. They work as an editor for DDoSecrets, helping to connect other journalists and researchers to the world's largest library of leaks. Their writing has appeared in Newsweek, The Guardian, and on the CBC.
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