Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks has come under intense international scrutiny over its disclosure of a mountain of classified US diplomatic cables. It has suffered a series of online computer assaults and its founder Julian Assange has been remanded in custody after appearing in court on an extradition warrant.

Kirsty Wark is joined by two leading thinkers on the social and economic effects of the internet, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Clay Shirky, to discuss internet freedom.

Broadcast on Tuesday 7 December 2010.