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Citibank Cancels Bank Account of Objectionable Blogger

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there's-gotta-be-more-to-this dept.

Keith found this story about Citibank blocking a website's bank account after deciding that the site's blog contained questionable content. I guess it's up to a bank to decide whom to do business with, but this is pretty crazy.

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  1. "Questionable content"??? by Zontar_Thing_From_Ve · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who knows what this means? Taco, seriously, did you even go to the site? There's nothing to be seen except the main blog post, so I don't know where you're getting this "contained questionable content" idea from. That may or may not be true.

  2. Re:Because it's a gay site? Or is it because... by spun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    News articles aren't contact info on the site. The bank may be worried that customers will be unable to contact the site to resolve disputes, and they will be forced to eat the costs. This is a common procedure with banks and web based businesses.

    Or the three managers who supposedly contacted him may all be homophobes. Which is the more likely explanation?

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  3. Re:Because it's a gay site? Or is it because... by spun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The site is a very large gay dating site that is about to go live in a few weeks. There is no real world address or telephone number on the site. The bank is worried about charge-backs. The only one claiming the bank said anything about objectionable content is the site's CEO.

    Do I need to draw you a diagram?

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  4. Re:Or is it because...THEY'RE "IN BETA" by spun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Right. My thoughts exactly. They are in beta, about to go live, they forgot to put the contractually required contact info up, the bank notified them, they fixed it. That should be the end of the story right there, but someone saw a away to turn it into some extra publicity.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  5. Re:Because it's a gay site? Or is it because... by spun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The 'content' the bank objected to was the contact information. They objected to it NOT being there, because it was in the contract for the account. That's my theory.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton