Wikileaks needs money

[gwillen]

Apparently WikiLeaks has suspended operations due to lack of funds.

If you like them, and you have money, give them some money. I am.

ETA: It's also worth noting that they can't use low-bid hosting -- they get constant takedown notices and lawsuit threats, so they have to use so-called "bulletproof" hosting, most often used by spammers, so they don't get shut down every time someone threatens their webhost with a lawsuit. This adds a substantial multiplier to their hosting cost.

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[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Read my added note about "bulletproof" hosting -- they can't use a low-bid webhost, because they'd get shut down as soon as someone sent a takedown notice or threatened to sue. Their host presumably costs a lot more, in exchange for ignoring takedown notices and spurious (and perhaps nonspurious) legal threats. (It sounds like they are hosted by some of the same people who work on ThePirateBay.)