Wikileaks' parody of the MasterCard ads

The latest advert by WikiLeaks to request donations from supporters parodies MasterCard, one of the financial institutions that has imposed a financial blockade on the controversial website.

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The advert, which imitates the famous MasterCard ads entitled ‘What Does it Cost to Change the World?' sees Wikileaks pit the price of Julian Assange's legal battles, the upkeep of servers in 40 countries, the cost of fighting legal battles and the amount of donations lost due to banking blockades against watching the world change through its own priceless work.



Although well executed and humorous, the ad has nonetheless backfired, coming under fire for apparently taking credit for the Egyptian uprising, imagery of which appears at the end of the ad, just at the moment Wikileaks refers to its ability to transform the world… oh dear.

15th July 2011