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Wikileaks Doubles Down on Cryptocurrencies to Thwart US ‘Financial Censorship’

posted by cmn32480 on Monday December 25 2017, @11:59PM   
from the we-should-all-have-been-so-lucky dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Julian Assange has exposed an apparent attempt by the US intelligence apparatus to undermine funding to WikiLeaks, using institutions he established for the express purpose of protecting potential donors from the authorities.

In a Twitter thread, posted Sunday, Assange alleges "politically induced financial censorship" that violates not only US donors' First Amendment rights but also their right to freedom of association. "US donors are the majority of our donor base," Assange wrote, as he nears the conclusion of what will be his eighth year of exile in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

https://www.rt.com/usa/413524-assange-wikileaks-financial-blockade/

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• Bullshit Bullshit (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday December 26 2017, @01:27AM (3 children)

  by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday December 26 2017, @01:27AM (#614184) Homepage

  When I was in Russia, the dollar was a a perfectly usable form of currency, despite it not being official in any way. You can use it as a mens of value and exchange, that's all.

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• Re:Bullshit Re:Bullshit (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @01:56AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @01:56AM (#614190)

  What about bitcoin? Can you use bitcoin in Russia? As a mens [sic] of value and exchange, that's all?

  But then, in Russia, what is the difference between a bitcoin and a USD?

  Or have the Guardians of the Free Market spoken and closed down this freedom of the market, for reasons that we musn't question?

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  • Re:Bullshit Re:Bullshit (Score: 2) by isostatic on Tuesday December 26 2017, @02:31AM (1 child)

    by isostatic (365) on Tuesday December 26 2017, @02:31AM (#614199) Journal

    Only think I've ever bought with the dollar in Russia is Rubles. Apart from a few tourist shops of course. The USD is a global currency there - you won't get a good rate, but you can usually find someone to take it.

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    • Some say the dollar was why we attacked Ghaddafi (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday December 26 2017, @05:43AM

      by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Tuesday December 26 2017, @05:43AM (#614227) Homepage Journal

      he was planning on creating an all-africa currency.

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