[SGVLUG] wikileaks gets dropped by service providers

[Dan Kegel]

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Tom Emerson <starman9x at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting way this is getting spun: just saw an article entitled "PayPal
> joins internet backlash against WikiLeaks" - wouldn't a more accurate title
> be "PayPal strong-armed into dropping wikileaks as a customer"?

Perhaps.  It's not clear whether they jumped, or were pushed.

The backlash seems broad to me.
Even some liberals are angry that nonjuicy-yet-unnecessarily-revealing cables
are being published and hurting diplomacy or innocent NGO members.