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PayPal Restricts WikiLeaks Donation Account

PayPal the online banking service has restricted WikiLeaks fund raising account.

PayPal statement regarding WikiLeaks
DECEMBER 3, 2010
PayPal has permanently restricted the account used by WikiLeaks due to a violation of the PayPal Acceptable Use 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. We’ve notified the account holder of this action.

Wikileaks, has removed the PayPal option from it’s website.

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