London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday that financial problems may lead to the closure of the site at the end of this year.
“If WikiLeaks does not find a way to remove this blockade we will simply not be able to continue by the turn of the new year,” he said. “If we don’t knock down the blockade we simply will not be able to continue.”
After releasing tens of thousands of confidential U.S. government cables, WikiLeaks would need $3.5 million over the next year to continue operating, Assange said.
WikiLeaks said in a statement 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 says that in order to ensure survival, WikiLeaks must “aggressively fundraise in order to fight back against this blockade and its proponents.”
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