Platform to protect identity of source – PTCIJ

By Adeola Tukuru

Abuja

Programme Officer of Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) PTCIJ, Joshua Olufemi, has said the recently launched platform is a tool which allows people to send information of public interest to media outlets and civil society organizations through secure technologies that protect the identity of the source.
The platform named leaks.ng and hosted on a website –https://leaks.ng/ was recently launched Stakeholders Dialogue on Press and Digital Freedom organised by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) in collaboration with the Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom, supported by Free Press Unlimited.
According to him, the ample security tips had been provided on the site to protect the identity of the whistle-blower as the current policy by the federal government “does not protect those leaking information from criminal prosecution, if the leak is found to be a false alarm.”
“This website uses state of the art security software to anonymise your internet connection as you submit files or correspond with reporters.
“This way your identity is protected both from the reporters who receive the files and from others who might be monitoring or intercepting your communications,” he said.

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