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WikiLeaks is a whistleblower organisation. WikiLeaks has published millions of classified documents, particularly those relating to the U.S. government. Till date, there is not a single instance where its material has been found to be false or inauthentic. The publisher of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, was arrested in April 2019 in London.

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