Why did PayPal double down on its political censorship policy last week, threatening to fine people $2,500 for wrongthink, only to then retreat again? And will this U-turn be enough to stop a mass exodus of its customers?
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By Tom Parker | Reclaim The Net | October 12, 2022 While PayPal has walked back its threat to fine users $2,500 for “misinformation,” the payments company is still reserving the right to fine users the same amount for other alleged transgressions. In its current “Acceptable Use Policy,” which has been active for a year, PayPal states that: “Violation … … Continue reading →
One of Hong Kong’s last remaining pro-democracy parties said Wednesday that PayPal had terminated its account, citing unspecified “excessive risks”.
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“You've got this two-pronged effort to both isolate the Palestinians and to normalize and weave the settlers into the international communities, a community of nations. And the problem is that organizations or companies like PayPal, ... unwittingly, are absolutely party to that.” -- Lara Friedman
Hi all – after many requests, we have finally implemented a direct bank transfer system for those many people who have said they want to support us but (understandably) don’t like using the big funding platforms. As you all know we were banned from Patreon last year which resulted in us losing a major portion …
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Samizdat | May 3, 2022 Payment processor PayPal has frozen alternative media powerhouse Consortium News’ (CN) donation page without warning, confiscating the site’s $9,348.14 balance with no explanation beyond the claim that “an investigation and review” of the site’s “history” found “some potential risk associated with this account.” CN was informed via email on Sunday that […]
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. There was no TWitNN last week, because of the 9/11 anniversary, so this edition is technically, “The last two weeks in the new normal”. 1. …
This is a reprint of a piece run on August 7th, 2021 in The Wall Street Journal. It did not appear to be behind the paywall, but it is also early in the month and it might have been one of the “Free offerings” for any given month period. In light of pressure from world “leaders” […]
