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Last updated: 6 december, 2010 - 12:54 GMT

Could Wikileaks revelations result in less internet freedom?

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Wikileaks says it reveals 'suppressed and censored injustices'

The Wikileaks website has revealed a diplomatic report setting out a long list of key facilities around the world which the United States describes as vital to its national security.

It follows other revelations on subjects such as Korea, Iran and Colonel Gaddafi's nurse.

As cyber attacks on the Wikileaks site mount, could the affair end up limiting the freedom and power of the internet?

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Lawrence Pollard brought together Loz Kaye from the UK Pirate Party, which campaigns for internet freedom, and Stewart Baker, who used to work in policy for the US Department for Homeland Security.

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First broadcast 6 December 2010

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