As more and more companies bend under government pressure, a few are standing up for the site.
Giants like PayPal, Amazon.com, Visa and MasterCard almost instantly crumbled under government (and p.r.) pressure to drop WikiLeaks, depriving the site of vital funding sources and online platforms. But other companies, some of them small, independent start-ups, have decided to risk the wrath of Joe Lieberman, the State Department, and their European counterparts and help keep WikiLeaks afloat by providing funding sources (yeah, you can now donate to WikiLeaks even if you only have Visa or MasterCard.) and hosting the site. Here’s a list of companies that have stood by WikiLeaks:
via 6 Companies That Haven’t Wussed Out of Working with WikiLeaks | Economy | AlterNet.
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