On 26 September 2018 , it was announced that Julian Assange had appointed Kristinn Hrafnsson as editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks while the organisation 's statement said Assange was remaining as its publisher . His access to the internet was cut off by Ecuador in March 2018 after he tweeted that Britain was about to conduct a propaganda war against Russia relating to the Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal . Ecuador said he had broken a commitment " not to issue messages that might interfere with other states " and Assange said he was " exercising his right to free speech "
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
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