=Mesh Leaks= 
Many organizations have come and gone over the decades that sought to provide a public outlet for whistleblowers to post their insider information anonymously and without fear of persecution. Thanks to henchmen rewards, the need for leaks outlets in some jurisdictions has passed. In polities where the government, military, and hypercorp elites are still evading transparency, however, Mesh Leaks remains a powerful equalizer, exposing the elites’ lies and lack of ethics. Though many other leaks-dedicated groups exist, Mesh Leaks is the most well known and respected, in part because they have the infrastructure to adequately protect their sources. Despite being illegal and favored on censorship blacklists, Mesh Leaks is quite adept at circumventing efforts to silence their newsfeeds as well as avoiding persecution.
Mesh Leaks archives exist as mirrored, decentralized sites, often linked together via dedicated darknet VPN connections. The specific leak archives are kept distinctly separate from submission points. The channels provided for people to submit information are heavily encrypted and set up to automatically anonymize the sender. These input points are also temporary, closing down and popping up elsewhere on the mesh, in order to avoid blockades or attempts to undermine the process.
Submitted material is carefully analyzed, scraped of identifying metadata, and verified by a legion of volunteers before being released. On occasion, Mesh Leaks has recruited help from the likes of the [[argonauts]] or even [[Hive Mind]] to help verify data. Mesh Leaks continues to have a somewhat hostile relationship with hypercorp media outlets. To the leakers, the media are co-opted and quite literally owned and so simply aren’t doing their job. The media consider the leakers to be dangerous amateurs and criminals tainted by [[Anarchists|anarchist]] ideology, but at the same time they cannot afford to ignore their impact.
Mesh Leaks has at times been supported by [[Anon]], the [[Electronic Future Foundation|EFF]], argonauts, and other transparency advocates. There has been criticism of leaks that endangered people or spread information concerning the TITANs. Mesh Leaks strives to avoid taking speciﬁc ideological stances, but various smaller anti-secrecy groups pursue whistleblowing in accordance with a particular agenda. Examples include MarsLeaks (anti-hypercorp, pro-[[Barsoomian Movement|Barsoomian]] items), ExoLeaks (coverage of [[Gatecrashing Ops|gatecrashing]] and extrasolar exploitation), and Unnatural (anti-tech bioconservative bent).

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