ALJAZEERA: Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has announced that financial problems may lead to the closure of the whistleblowing website at the end of the year.
The website revealed on Monday that it would stop publishing for the moment in order to focus on making money, explaining that the blockade imposed by financial companies including Visa, MasterCard, Western Union and PayPal left it with no choice…
The statement said that in order to ensure survival, WikiLeaks must “aggressively fundraise in order to fight back against this blockade and its proponents”… (more)
