A Japanese Internet activist and academic is challenging the recently enacted state secrets law by setting up a website aimed at making it easier for government officials to leak sensitive information to the media without getting caught.
The website, unveiled Friday, uses an open source platform called GlobaLeaks developed by the Europe-based Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights, said Masayuki Hatta, an economics lecturer at Surugadai University.
"I want to create a secure channel that people can use to transfer information without putting themselves in jeopardy," Hatta said. "I'm not entirely against the protection of sensitive information, but I also believe the new law has many problems."