Julian Paul Assange(born 3 July 1971) is anAustraliancomputer programmer, publisher and journalist. He is a spokesman and editor-in-chief ofWikiLeaks, which is a website that posts news leaks. He started the website in 2006.He was born inTownsville,Queensland. He also made a program calledRubberhose (file system)to hidesecretinformation in a specific way that protects against torture.

Assange was the Readers’ Choice forTime Person of the Yearin 2010 after getting the mostInternetvotes.