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Supporters of Wikileaks have found it difficult to donate to the site due primarily to Visa, MasterCard, Paypal and Western Union refusing to do business. Julian Assange claims he lost over 95% of destined revenue and must now suspend operations.

Friend or foe, it’s kinda scary that just a few corporate companies can take it upon themselves to determine what is right or wrong. It seems as though they should take their cues from elected government officials. Oh wait.

Paypal, for example, claimed the freeze was “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.”

I.e. Paypal is taking the law into its own hands in determining the site is guilty, even though no such legal judgement has ever been entered.

As anyone at #OccupyWallStreet can tell you, the time is ripe for financial disruption.