
In this image taken on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, Maddish Falzoni, 45, from Italy, works with her computer in Barcelona, Spain. The XNet platform was inspired by Wikileaks, which puts secret information online. But it has gone further, by working on three fronts: activism, politics and through the courts. More than 200 volunteers are involved. Setting up an online drop box for citizens’ complaints has paid off, exposing some of Spain’s biggest corruption scandals. At a time when numerous official investigations are under way into corruption cases affecting Spain's main political parties and members of the monarchy, with murky relationships between leading public figures and businessmen coming to light, many government workers have turned to this platform as a safe way of exposing irregularities based on official documents. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)