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CABLE 082022-001 - PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE BANNED FROM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, TURNS TO CRYPTO FOR DONATIONS
PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE (PA) HAS RESUMED ACCEPTED DONATIONS ON ITS OFFICIAL WEBSITE AFTER SEVERAL GLOBAL PAYMENT PROCESSORS, INCLUDING STRIPE AND PAYPAL, BANNED THE GROUP FROM USING THEIR PLATFORMS. PA HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DESPERATE TO RE-ESTABLISH DONATIONS FROM ITS POLITICAL BASE AND ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW DONATION PAGE ON 8/19.
MARK COLLETT AND LAURA TOWLER, PA’S LEADERS, HAVE BEGUN ACCEPTING DONATIONS VIA PERSONAL CRYPTOCURRENCY WALLETS. FORMS OF PAYMENT REQUESTED INCLUDING BITCOIN, ETHEREUM, LITECOIN, DOGECOIN, ZCASH, DASH, MONERO, BITCOIN CASH, AND PIVX.
PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE IS AN EXTREME RIGHT WING BRITISH NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION LED BY AVOWED NEO-NAZI MARK COLLETT. IT CLAIMS TO HAVE MORE THAN 16,000 MEMBERS IN MORE THAN TWELVE ACTIVE CHAPTERS NATIONWIDE.
RIGHT WING EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE ARE GROWING INCREASINGLY DESPERATE TO ACCEPT AND MOVE FUNDS IN THE FACE OF PLATFORM BANS. CRYPTOCURRENCY HAS BECOME PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, THOUGH SOME GROUPS HAVE NOW REVERTED TO ACCEPTING CASH DONATIONS TO PO BOXES.
COUNTRY | UNITED KINGDOM |
REGION | VARIOUS REGIONS; DIGITAL |
DOI | 081922 |
ACQUISITION | 082022 |
SOURCE | ASSOCIATED TELEGRAM CHANNEL(S); OFFICIAL ORG WEBSITE |
ORG | PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE |
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