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Re:GitHub deleted accounts of people who contributed to Torn... by Nursie on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:59AM (#32399689)
I don't find "facilitating mass money laundering" to be as compelling as the other cases, frankly.

This doesn't mean that any/all measures taken against them are automatically justified, but it's large-scale crime, and it's not in the realm of "information wants to be free", it's actual money laundering, for actual criminal cartels and actual rogue states.

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Re:GitHub deleted accounts of people who contributed to Torn... by sneed-oil on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:30PM (#32418713)
It's not comparable to money laundering. When you launder money by registering sales that did not happen you'll get taxed and you can then spend that money wherever you'd like. If you try to use funds coming from Tornado Cash most people won't accept them because they'll assume they were stolen or they come from some type of illicit activity.
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