variants
or less commonly antisecrecy
: serving or intended to prevent or restrict the concealment of information especially by governments
anti-secrecy laws
These antisecrecy trends and inclinations sometimes interact to convince administrations, Congresses, and intelligence agency heads that they must release various historical intelligence documents.—
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Even so, the anti-secrecy platform transformed how information reaches the public, twice.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
The founder of the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks never operated as a traditional news organization, instead dumping the entire cache of sensitive documents on his website, without review or context, furthering his philosophy that governments have no right to any secrets.
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 June 2024
An Australian editor and publisher, he is best known for having founded the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, which gained massive attention – and notoriety – for the 2010 release of almost half a million documents relating to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2024
The anti-secrecy organization’s earliest files pertaining to Assange’s activities online date back 30 years.
—Dell Cameron Matt Burgess, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
In 2015, the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks revealed that the NSA had spied on 35 targets in Japan, including cabinet members and the corporation Mitsubishi.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
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Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
The founder of the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks never operated as a traditional news organization, instead dumping the entire cache of sensitive documents on his website, without review or context, furthering his philosophy that governments have no right to any secrets.
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 June 2024
An Australian editor and publisher, he is best known for having founded the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, which gained massive attention – and notoriety – for the 2010 release of almost half a million documents relating to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2024
The anti-secrecy organization’s earliest files pertaining to Assange’s activities online date back 30 years.
—Dell Cameron Matt Burgess, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
In 2015, the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks revealed that the NSA had spied on 35 targets in Japan, including cabinet members and the corporation Mitsubishi.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Anti-secrecy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-secrecy. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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