Wikileaks loses £30m over ban

A block on processing donations by credit card companies to Wikileaks has cost the whistle-blowing website over £30m (€37m), its founder says.

Julian Assange described the block as an economic “death penalty” after the European Commission said it was unlikely to have violated EU anti-trust rules.

The Australian, speaking from Ecuador’s embassy in central London, said the blockade had wiped out 95% of Wikileaks’ revenues.