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by mbgaxyz 2605 days ago
Serious question, is there a blacklist of people deemed undesirable, being shared amongst Silicon Valley firms?
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That is honestly the only explanation I can find. I mean what other explanation is out there? I am beginning to suspect that 5 years from now we´ll have a snowden like leak that will showcase that this is probably the case. I hope that I´m wrong but I seriously doubt that this isn´t the case at this point.
That's pure conjecture. Or Milo canceled the account as a publicity stunt. The image he posted was completely out of context and with no explanation. We don't know and I seriously doubt anyone cares about Milo that much.
> Or Milo canceled the account as a publicity stunt.

Which would be made publicly known by Coinbase within hours.

> I seriously doubt anyone cares about Milo that much.

The issue here is not about a single individual.

>Which would be made publicly known by Coinbase within hours.

Why would they? They're not required to and I don't know of any business that has a policy to publicly reveal why an account was closed. Considering Milo's history there's a more than likely chance it has something to do with his financial and legal issues if he was even banned to being with. Again he just posted a screenshot without reference.

> The issue here is not about a single individual.

If you mean Alex Jones, Laura Loomer and Louisa Farrakhan then I think I found the problem.

Why would you assume there's an explicit blacklist? I'd think it's just that people independently note who gets a lot of bad press.

Some people are just potentially a liability to provide service for because of the risk of mass activist backlash and terrible PR if someone decides you're supporting them and it gets traction online.