Zuckerberg beats bothersome Assange

The founder of the social online network Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has been named Person of the Year 2010 by the US magazine Time, beating Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The news portal Rue89 regrets such a meek decision "by a magazine that has been a lot more courageous in the past. ... True, Zuckerberg has founded a social network with half a billion members that has become a resounding worldwide success. He is the youngest billionaire in the world and has a considerable impact on the way people communicate. ... [Nevertheless] with Wikileaks Assange has changed the way state secrets are handled. ... This Australian has become ... a target for many states and a hero for the fans of absolute transparency. ... Between two heroes of the Internet, Time has chosen the less subversive."

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