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Re:Google: Financial Embargo Of WikiLeaks Shows How To Deal ... by icebraining on Thursday November 17, 2011 @10:50AM (#3247990)
Why would it have to be the big advertising companies? If there's ads, there's a money trail - you just cutoff at that point. Torrent sites can be hosted in some safe heaven or Tor site, but if they can't get money from the US and other "cooperative" countries, they won't last much.
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Re:Google: Financial Embargo Of WikiLeaks Shows How To Deal ... by nitrogen on Thursday November 17, 2011 @04:59PM (#3249414)
The further you go down that money trail, the more people and companies there will be traveling it. The further from your target you cut off funding, the more collateral damage you will inflict.
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Re:Google: Financial Embargo Of WikiLeaks Shows How To Deal ... by zerostar07 on Friday November 18, 2011 @05:44AM (#3251326)
Many of the advertised companies are not us-based legally
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