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PayPal Updates User Policy to Include Possible $2,500 Fine For Speech It Doesn’t Like
Legal Insurrection ^ | 10-6-2022 | Stacey Matthews

Posted on 10/06/2022 7:30:43 AM PDT by servo1969

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1 posted on 10/06/2022 7:30:43 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

I just closed my paypal account (I only ever used it for the occasional purchase on Ebay) and told them exactly why I was closing my account.


2 posted on 10/06/2022 7:34:43 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: servo1969

I’m so glad I don’t need PayPal to supply my living income.
I seldom use it, less now than years ago.
My card has been hacked/stolen twice before via PayPal.
Not sure how secure their system is.
I only use it now as a last resort.


3 posted on 10/06/2022 7:35:17 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: FLT-bird

I never trusted it in the first place.


4 posted on 10/06/2022 7:38:23 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: servo1969

I ditched PayPal when, in my opinion, they tried to rip me off for several hundred dollars. They were not able to seize my money and when they threatened me I told them to FO and never used them again.


5 posted on 10/06/2022 7:38:23 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: lee martell

Blackrock now controls most corporate decisions.


6 posted on 10/06/2022 7:38:27 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: servo1969

This is written in a way that even if you just have an account, they can fine you $2,500 if a post or text message comes to their attention.

This is illegal.


7 posted on 10/06/2022 7:38:58 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: servo1969

I’m not quite sure WHERE one would violate Paypal’s “policy”, considering it’s not a social media platform.

Are they tied to Facebook/Twitter etc???

Is Paypal spying on it’s customers?

WHERE are they talking about “posting” objectional material?


8 posted on 10/06/2022 7:40:30 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: servo1969
"While there are some viable alternatives to PayPal"

Some? SOME?

If eBay ever kicked PayPal off that platform, they'd fold.
9 posted on 10/06/2022 7:44:18 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: StAnDeliver

it sounds like PayPal should be avoided. If you do anything to offend their liberal sensibilities, they can just seize your money?


10 posted on 10/06/2022 7:49:06 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: servo1969

PayPal is owned by Wells Fargo, no?

This should be the cause of a massive boycott.


11 posted on 10/06/2022 7:49:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Safrguns

Maybe they mean something like using pay pal when selling a tee shirt with something on it that they object to ?????


12 posted on 10/06/2022 7:49:10 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: servo1969

SO..... If I send money via pay-pal to promote an anti-abortion organization, or even a church that sponsors gender identity rehab, or a politician who speaks out against homosexuality, then Pay-Pal can fine me?

Did I get that right?


13 posted on 10/06/2022 7:51:33 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: servo1969

Was disappointed to see paypal still listed as a payment option when supporting this quarter’s freepathon last week.

Given this new policy, it seems anyone supporting this site via paypal may be putting their balance at risk.

All here are haters, after all.


14 posted on 10/06/2022 7:59:39 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese proverb)
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To: servo1969

You have to use your head when dealing with these people.
I’ve bought Flare guns with Pay-pal(they shut down anything that looks like a gun).
I’ve purchased all sorts of Pay-pay forbidden things and I haven’t lost a cent.
It does require an ethical person with whom you are doing business with, but crooks get noticed quickly and are usually out of business even quicker.
I haven’t been burned yet.


15 posted on 10/06/2022 8:01:48 AM PDT by rellic
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To: servo1969
As to how to fight back against such Orwellian tactics?

Just sue them in small claims court. They have no authority to seize anyone's property. Their terms of use is not a law its just their opinion.

16 posted on 10/06/2022 8:13:44 AM PDT by usurper
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To: servo1969; Jim Robinson

I think Free Republic might want to reconsider using Pay Pal to collect donations.


17 posted on 10/06/2022 8:16:14 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: ConservativeMind

As to illegality, most of BeijingBiden’s activities are, too. But, that no longer matters.

PayPal will re-define improper speech any time it needs a $$ influx. Convenient.

Surely no one parks $$ in a PayPal account?


18 posted on 10/06/2022 8:18:40 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: StAnDeliver

On July 1, 2015, PayPal announced that it was acquiring digital money transfer company Xoom Corporation.


19 posted on 10/06/2022 8:18:45 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: rellic

But they know who you are and where you live. They could report you to the FBI.


20 posted on 10/06/2022 8:19:12 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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