Paypal Block Assange’s Account for Wikileaks Donations

On December 4, PayPal has made a very bold announcement that it has permanently banned the account of WikiLeaks, from its database, hence denying any donations made to the website. For the moment, no particular reasons were disclosed by the company. Except stating that Assange had violated the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits using a PayPal account to promote or facilitate illegal activity.

The VP of PayPal, Osama Bedier justified that PayPal’s actions as the mentioned step was taken completely in order. He said that "We have an acceptable use policy group," which’s sole purpose is "to make sure that our customers are protected." The acceptable use policy group had to take action against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks when the U.S. State Department itself had issued a letter on November 27 stating that the WikiLeaks website organization is considered totally illegal in the U.S. "It was straightforward," Bedier exclaimed, once the State Department made the clarification themselves.

The Telegraph's reporter asked a very thought provoking question Bedier, in an interview, regarding his views about the danger of top-class hackers striking back at PayPal in revenge for closing down Assange's account, also making due reference to the recent attacks made towards Mastercard as well. However, the response of PayPal VP's response was very humble and reassuring as he said that alleged hackers are already targeting the company always, as it is undoubtedly one of the most successful payments companies in the world, and that this was no different.