10-12-25 WikiLeaks, Bank of America, and the New York Times - Freedom of the Press on the Line // Wikileaks, Bank of America, y el New York Times - Libertad de Prensa en Peligro de Extinción // 维基解密，美国银行，以及纽约时报-濒危新闻自由

 

Banks and WikiLeaks

A bank’s ability to block payments to a legal entity, as Bank of America has done with WikiLeaks, raises troubling questions.

December 25, 2010

A New York Times editorial today on the recent actions of Bank America, Visa, PayPal, and Mastercard to block payments to Wikileaks says the moves raise "troubling questions," given the fact that Wikileaks has not been charged or convicted of any crime:

What would happen if a clutch of big banks decided that a particularly irksome blogger or other organization was "too risky"? What if they decided -- one by one -- to shut down financial access to a newspaper that was about to reveal irksome truths about their operations? This decision should not be left  solely up to business-as-usual among the banks.

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As anticipated, the WikiLeaks saga is becoming a test case of US First Amendment rights and Freedom of the Press.

SO: WILL THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISH THE WIKILEAKS BANK OF AMERICA PAPERS NEXT MONTH? OR WILL THE NEW YORK TIMES CAVE IN?


LINKS:
[1] 10-12-25 Banks and WikiLeaks - NYT
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46072423