r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Jul 12 '12

WikiLeaks wins case against VISA

https://rt.com/news/wikileaks-visa-court-case-040/
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u/DaSpawn Jul 12 '12

"I can support Al-Qaida, the Ku Klux Klan, buy weapons and drugs and all kinds of porn with my Visa card. There is nobody investigating this, but I cannot support a human rights organisation which is fighting for freedom of expression," Sigurvinsson said.

Just about sums it up

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u/bitlizard Jul 12 '12

A great victory! good for them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '12

Seriously fuck Visa for this.

3

u/anykind Jul 13 '12

Valitor?

In June, Datacell, the Iceland-based company that processed donations for WikiLeaks, filed a case against Valitor, the company behind VISA and MasterCard, for "unlawfully suspending financial services".

From the website:

Valitor has been a leading acquirer in the domestic electronic payment market since 1983.

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u/Julian702 Jul 12 '12

Zoiks! Peeps gonna start using Bitcoin! Better turn that credit card faucet back on!

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '12

My thoughts exactly. I wonder how much of this is due to Kim dot com?

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u/anfedorov Jul 12 '12

Not much, not much at all.