WikiLeaks files official lawsuit against Visa and MasterCard with the EU

WikiLeals filed an official complaint with the European Commission against Visa and MasterCard on allegations the credit card networks reject processing donations to the whistleblower website. The complaint was filed in association with Icelandic IT company DataCell.

Visa and MasterCard blocked WikiLeaks from collecting funds from donors in December 2010.

According to the filing submitted with the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission, Visa and MasterCard breached antitrust provisions set out by Articles 101 and 102 of the EU Treaty.

Meantime, DataCell who has an agreement to collect credit card donations for WikiLeaks states the networks practiced anti-competitive behavior and abused their dominant market position.

WikiLeaks urged the EU Commission to order both credit card companies to lift their ban with "immediate effect."