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Originally Posted by Amanah
The extrajudicial banking blockade imposed upon WikiLeaks by VISA, MasterCard, Bank of America, Western Union and PayPal is unique and has been in place for almost a year.
This is an attempt against the very survival of the organisation as WikiLeaks depends entirely upon donations for its operations. Already this blockade has stripped away 95 per cent of its revenues. This is an historic act of censorship. Never before has an organisation dedicated to the fght for justice and basic rights; transparency, freedom of information, freedom of the internet and freedom of expression been hit with such a vicious attack.
There is more at stake here than simply the survival of WikiLeaks. When financial institutions decide to make it very difficult or almost impossible for you to make a donation they are infringing upon your basic human rights. They are stopping you from expressing your support for a cause.
The banking blockade of WikiLeaks might be a first but it will not be the last if it goes unchallenged.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/op...344715970.html |
Frankly, I don't care one whit about Wikileaks. I don't see them as "fighting the good fight" or anything of the sort. I don't trust them to be any more honest than the lame-stream media, in fact. Having said that, if what you say is true, then I do agree that it sets a troubling precedent. There's already merchant account providers who are abandoning gun sellers, forcing them to scramble to find another provider so they can take payments online.
Regardless, though, I'd be extremely wary of getting your information from "Al Jazeera". They're more biased than PMSNBC, and that's saying a lot.
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