Sorry, PayPal ... but you arbitrarily determining that a customer's exercise of Free Speech is somehow "misinformation" and then unilaterally withdrawing $2,500 from their account to penalize them for disagreeing with you is THEFT.
http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/10/08/paypal-says-it-can-pull-2500-from-users-accounts-if-they-promote-misinformation/
PayPal has announced a new policy going into effect in November allowing it to pull $2,500 per violation from accounts that promote “misinformation” or “present a risk to user safety or wellbeing.” Just last month we reported that PayPal had banned Gays Against Groomers for violating its user agreement. At the same time in the U.K., PayPal shut the account of the parents’ group UsForThem, which campaigned to keep schools open during the pandemic.
It seems that rather than just ban you, PayPal will now let you have your account — they’ll just draw a $2,500 fine from it for every violation.
Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) ~ "The company’s current acceptable use policy does not mention such activities."
http://www.dailywire.com/news/new-paypal-policy-lets-company-pull-2500-from-users-accounts-if-they-promote-misinformation
The Daily Wire reports:
The financial services company, which has repeatedly deplatformed organizations and individual commentators for their political views, will expand its “existing list of prohibited activities” on November 3. Among the changes are prohibitions on “the sending, posting, or publication of any messages, content, or materials” that “promote misinformation” or “present a risk to user safety or wellbeing.” Users are also barred from “the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory.”
Julia (@Jules31415) ~ New PayPal policy lets company pull $2,500 from users’ accounts if they promote ‘misinformation’ — The Daily Wire.
Julia (@Jules31415) ~ PayPal will expand its “existing list of prohibited activities” on November 3 to include prohibitions on “the sending, posting, or publication of any messages, content, or materials” that “promote misinformation” or “present a risk to user safety or wellbeing.”
Julia (@Jules31415) ~ Users are also barred from “the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory.”
Deliberations will be made at the “sole discretion” of PayPal & may subject users to “damages”—including $2,500 “debited directly from your PayPal account.”
Julia (@Jules31415) ~ Aaron Terr, @TheFIREorg senior program officer: “Under existing law, PayPal has the ability as a private company to implement this type of viewpoint-discriminatory policy,” adding whatever the reasoning, “they will almost certainly have a severe chilling effect on users’ speech.”
I also suspect this will have a chilling effect on the number of people willing to use PayPal's service in the future. There has got to be some service providers out there that do not impose Fascism on their customer base, and if not, I would think this type of insanity would spur the creation of some.
Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) ~ PayPal’s new policy lets it pull $2,500 from user accounts for promoting “misinformation,” the Biden administration made easier for the government to spy on Americans, the FBI is acting like the KGB.
Americans live under an evil empire that wears clown makeup and uses pronouns.
David Marcus (@davidmarcus) ~ It’s hard for me to openly criticize a company I used to love and gave so much to. But @PayPal’s new AUP goes against everything I believe in. A private company now gets to decide to take your money if you say something they disagree with. Insanity. http://paypalobjects.com/marketing/ua/pdf/US/en/acceptableuse-full-110322.pdf
Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) ~ I read the actual policy. My suggestion: don’t use a PayPal account to promote non-left wing candidates or causes. Or don’t use it at all. This is a vague policy that can very easily be abused by woke employees. It isn’t worth the risk of a stupid fight over $2,500.
Dr. Clothesline (@drclothesline) ~ I imagine PayPal is going to be finding lots of "misinformation."
Lisa Boucher (@LBoucherAuthor) ~ This is crazy.
My Tweets (@Dems_Free_Zone) ~ Good thing I canceled my @PayPal account a few months ago.
PayPal's policies are atrocious even before this new one you mention here.
Could we interest Elon Musk in buying PayPal?
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