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WikiLeaks Reopens Channel For Credit Card Donations, Dares
Visa And MasterCard To Block Them Again
by Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff

Forbes.com
July 18, 2012

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/07/18/wikileaks-reopens-channel-for-credit-card-donations-dares-visa-and-mastercard-to-block-it-again/

After 18 months of having its funding nearly completely cut
off by a payment industry blockade, WikiLeaks says it's
finally found a new workaround that allows it to receive
credit card donations again. The Fund for the Defense of Net
Neutrality (FDNN) has agreed to accept donations on behalf of
WikiLeaks, through the French payment card system Carte Bleue.
WikiLeaks claims that Visa and MasterCard are contractually
obligated to allow payments through Carte Bleue, and thus are
prevented from blocking the donations as they've done in the
past. After a legal victory against Visa in Iceland, the group
is literally daring the card companies to shut down payments
again.

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