[tor-talk] Non-free country law preventing Tor from getting donations

Andrew Lewman andrew at torproject.is
Sun Jun 15 03:40:55 UTC 2014


On 06/14/2014 03:21 AM, Sebastian G. <bastik.tor> wrote:
> That has to be a violation of your rights.

It's the law in the USA. Regardless of how one feels about it, it's
currently against the law.

The citizen resided in a country as listed as a State Sponsor of
Terrorism, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Sponsors_of_Terrorism

According to the advice we received, "financial transaction" is defined
broadly to encompass many things, possibly including
bitcoins/dogecoins/and other coins.

There are many battles Tor can fight, this is not one of them.

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Andrew
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