Credit card donations to WikiLeaks flowing through Iceland again
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - International credit card donations to WikiLeaks are flowing again after an Icelandic court ruling forced MasterCard's and Visa's local agent to process payments, the companies involved in processing the funds said.
One of WikiLeaks' most important sources of funding - donations made from Visa and MasterCard users around the globe - was cut off in 2010 when the firms stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks' direct payment line in Iceland.
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The online payment service PayPal, also among the firms that suspended WikiLeaks' accounts used to collect donations, said at the time it had acted at the behest of the U.S. government, which deemed WikiLeaks' activities illegal in the United States.
DataCell, the Icelandic data hosting provider that deals with WikiLeaks payments, this week announced that donations were now officially possible following the Icelandic Supreme Court's decision in April.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/us-iceland-wikileaks-idUSBRE9620QI20130703
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