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Offline Chris_

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PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
« on: December 05, 2010, 08:17:32 AM »
PayPal does the right thing...of course, DUmmies upset.


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PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
 PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow

BERLIN -- Online payment service provider PayPal says in a company blog it has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations.

The company said in a blog posting the move was prompted by a violation of its policy, "which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity."

The short notice was dated Friday, and a spokeswoman for PayPal Germany on Saturday declined to elaborate and referred to the official blog posting.

Donating money to WikiLeaks via PayPal on Saturday was not possible anymore, generating an error message saying "this recipient is currently unable to receive money."

PayPal is one of several ways WikiLeaks collects donations.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
 
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Re: PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2010, 11:31:21 AM »
Oh damn.

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The company said in a blog posting the move was prompted by a violation of its policy, "which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity."

Too bad none of us were aware of that rule during Doug's stupid ex-wife's fiasco the Scamdal.
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Re: PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2010, 11:34:42 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on December 05, 2010, 11:31:21 AM
Oh damn.

Too bad none of us were aware of that rule during Doug's stupid ex-wife's fiasco the Scamdal.

Oh yes, that nasty scandal back in 2005. The biggest I can recall. I haven't seen anything like that since than.
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