Julian Assange’s Times Story Will Appear in Print on December 31, 1969

Who Should Own the Internet? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wrote in a story posted on the opinion page ofThe New York Times website today. But according to a note at the bottom of the piece about living in a surveillance state, a print version will run on December 31, 1969, in The International New York Times.

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Now, we obviously assume this a technical glitch, as Mr. Assange wasnt born until 1971 and the Internet as we know it today wasnt around on the eve of the 1970s. But the the date mix-up is especially ironic given the subject.

It is now a journalistic clich to remark that George Orwells 1984 was prophetic,' Mr. Assange wrote. But what would bereally prophetic, of course, is if this story had actually run 45 years ago.

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Julian Assange’s Times Story Will Appear in Print on December 31, 1969