Leaktivism is defined as the action of distributing confidential documents to the public in an attempt to directly impact the socio-economic and political spheres.
The Panama Papers are a collection of 11.5m leaked files from one of the world's largest law firms, Mossack Fonseca.
[1] A German newspaper called Süddeutsche Zeitung was able to obtain the database from an anonymous source acting under the pseudonym John Doe, who stated he was releasing the papers to draw attention to wealth inequality.
[3] White argues that the leaks have the ability to destabilize numerous governments throughout the globe, impacting the credibility of powerful world leaders.
White concludes his article by stating that the main problem that the Panama Papers illustrates is a questions concerning the governance of our world.