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| Agent Matt | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 09:48 |
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 Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | Mastercard and Visa have announced they will stop processing payments to Wikileaks, following similar moves by Amazon.com, PayPal and other businesses who are cutting ties to the organization. Mastercard Worldwide "is taking action to ensure that WikiLeaks can no longer accept MasterCard-branded products," a spokesman told CNET late yesterday. "MasterCard rules prohibit customers from directly or indirectly engaging in or facilitating any action that is illegal," the spokesman said. Today, Visa Europe announced it is also beginning the process to stop payments to Wikileaks. Visa didn't go as far to say Wikileaks is engaging in illegal activity; instead, Visa said the suspension is pending an investigation. A spokeswoman told BBC that the investigation will examine Wikileaks' business and whether it violates Visa rules. Wikileaks is supported by donations, which have taken blow after blow as PayPal, the Swiss Post Office bank and now the two credit cards companies have cut off Wikileaks. The organization's founder, Julian Assange, was also soliciting donations for his legal defense stemming from sexual assault allegations in Sweden. He surrendered to British police today and was denied bail. Amazon.com also booted Wikileaks off of its servers, and other tech companies have severed their relationships with the site as well. | |||||
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| DisordeR | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 21:58 |
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 Level: 0 CS Original | I'm still not sure about that guy, is he doing a good deed or what? | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 22:05 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | No, he's causing trouble and sticking it to "The Man" while accomplishing absolutely nothing substantial. | |||||
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| CyborgJesus | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 05:34 |
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 Level: 6 CS Original | What a ridiculous reaction. Two of my friends are running mirrors already, and they aren't even big supporters of Wikileaks. | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 07:33 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | Then why are they doing it? | |||||
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| CyborgJesus | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 07:51 |
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Level: 6 CS Original | Because Wikileaks hasn't done anything illegal at this point. If it did, it would be down faster than some child porn site. And Mastercard/Visa take money from everyone, scammers, racists, so I don't buy this BS about violating their Terms of Use. | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 09:03 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | I think your ideology gets in the way of your common sense CJ. | |||||
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