Daniel Domscheit-Berg
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Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Domscheit-Berg canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2014699 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Domscheit-Berg Context triple: [The Fifth Estate, basedOnAuthor, Daniel Domscheit-Berg]
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A.
Steve Huffman
Steve Huffman is an American web developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the social news and discussion platform Reddit.
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B.
Jon Oberheide
Jon Oberheide is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, a leading multi-factor authentication and zero-trust security company.
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C.
Ben Casnocha
Ben Casnocha is an American entrepreneur, author, and investor known for co-authoring "The Start-up of You" and "The Alliance" and for his work in the technology and venture capital sectors.
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D.
Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of the social news and discussion platform Reddit.
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E.
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz is an American technology executive best known for serving as the CEO of Sun Microsystems during the mid-2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Domscheit-Berg Target entity description: Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
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A.
Steve Huffman
Steve Huffman is an American web developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the social news and discussion platform Reddit.
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B.
Jon Oberheide
Jon Oberheide is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, a leading multi-factor authentication and zero-trust security company.
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C.
Ben Casnocha
Ben Casnocha is an American entrepreneur, author, and investor known for co-authoring "The Start-up of You" and "The Alliance" and for his work in the technology and venture capital sectors.
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D.
Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of the social news and discussion platform Reddit.
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E.
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz is an American technology executive best known for serving as the CEO of Sun Microsystems during the mid-2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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technology activist ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 2000s ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Daniel Berg
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Daniel Schmitt ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1978-10-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bergisch Gladbach ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| criticized |
Julian Assange
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internal practices of WikiLeaks ⓘ |
| describedIn | Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website ⓘ |
| employer | various IT companies in Germany ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
digital rights
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freedom of information ⓘ information technology ⓘ |
| founded | OpenLeaks ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupationHistory | network engineer ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Anke Domscheit-Berg ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critiques of WikiLeaks
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founding OpenLeaks ⓘ work with WikiLeaks ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | WikiLeaks ⓘ |
| movement |
open government
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transparency movement ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| name | Daniel Domscheit-Berg self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableEvent | departure from WikiLeaks ⓘ |
| notableFor | public commentary on whistleblowing ethics ⓘ |
| notableIdea | decentralized whistleblowing platforms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website
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surface form:
Inside WikiLeaks
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| occupation |
IT specialist
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activist ⓘ author ⓘ |
| participantIn |
development of WikiLeaks
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public debates on digital transparency ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
civil liberties advocacy
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pro-transparency ⓘ |
| positionHeld | spokesperson for WikiLeaks ⓘ |
| residence | Germany ⓘ |
| spouse | Anke Domscheit-Berg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Daniel Domscheit-Berg Description of subject: Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website
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author
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Daniel Domscheit-Berg
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Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website
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hasContributor
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Daniel Domscheit-Berg
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subject surface form:
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
subject surface form:
Daniel Brühl
subject surface form:
Daniel Brühl