Saying that "an arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade ... has destroyed 95 percent of our revenue," WikiLeaks has suspended publishing operations and founder Julian Assange says it may have to shut down permanently by year's end.
The whistle-blowing operation is famous for its uncovering of U.S. diplomatic cables and other materials that governments and corporations wanted to keep secret. But the decision by some U.S.-based financial institutions, including Visa, MasterCard, Western Union and PayPal, to block would-be donors from using their networks to give WikiLeaks money has dramatically reduced its ability to raise funds. Those institutions took those actions after the leaking of the State Department cables.
Now, WikiLeaks says in a statement, it has been "forced to temporarily suspend its publishing operations and aggressively fundraise in order to fight back against this blockade and its proponents."
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^][v]#241,291
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He doesn't understand that the vast majority of the public do not use Tor or understand how to and that it would be impossible to run such a large organization through a hidden service alone for more reasons than I care to list.
âŽâ _â ⎠replied with this 15 years ago, 13 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^][v]#241,301
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Firefox bundle and http archives. Try again.
âŽâ _â ⎠double-posted this 15 years ago, 20 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^][v]#241,302
> I was against wikileaks at first because I felt attacked as an American. I dunno why.
Either because you were told to and fell for it or because your friends fell for it and you succumbed to peer pressure.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^][v]#241,792
@241,381 (sluggy) > I was against wikileaks at first because I felt attacked as an American. I dunno why.
lolwhy? Why would you feel as if an attack on your government is an attack on America?
Anonymous G replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^][v]#241,793
It'd be fucking great if Bitcoin saved Wikileaks, as it would prove the necessity of anonymous currencies for preserving freedom.
Unfortunately, Bitcoin's design is shit and rightfully scares the hell out of most people.