WikiLeaks Twitter Account Surges Past 1,000,000 Followers

The official WikiLeaks account, which tweets about government censorship and its ongoing battle to “open governments”, has surged past one million followers this weekend. This is quite a feat for an organization whose Twitter account was plagued by privacy fears, threats, and hacking attempts for months.

The WikiLeaks Twitter account (@wikileaks) announced on Saturday that it had passed one million followers in a tweet.

This is certainly something to be proud of, as maintaining a presence on Twitter wasn’t easy for the organization.

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