PayPal Cuts Off Wikileaks

Wikileaks suffered another blow yesterday when PayPal closed the account where individuals could contribute to the organization.  According to articles, there are other ways to contribute to the support of wikileaks.  Paypal, however, was the most convenient.  The service, owned by eBay, said Wikileaks violated their terms of service, specifically the section which reads "You may not use the PayPal service for activities that...that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity."  PayPal has not elaborated on how the site violates that particular section of its terms.  Commentators are split on the legality of the release of U.S. State Department cables.  More on the PayPal development is in Bloomberg.  [MG]