Posted on 10/08/2022 12:28:01 PM PDT by lowbridge
A new PayPal policy update appears to authorize the company to pull a significant sum of money from the accounts of users who spread “misinformation.
”Effective November 3, the new conditions will be added to the restricted activity section of the PayPal User agreement, the Daily Wire first reported. Changes include prohibitions on “the sending, posting, or publication of any messages, content, or materials” that “promote misinformation.
” While the prior policy already forbade “hate,” “intolerance,” and discrimination, the new one now also explicitly applies to specific “protected groups” and “individuals or groups based on protected characteristics.” Identities under this umbrella include race, religion, gender or gender identity, and sexual orientation.
“The promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory” would also be deemed a violation of the policy and possible grounds for penalty,” according to the soon-to-be-launched acceptable use policy. The financial tech firm’s current rulebook doesn’t cite these activities.
Breaking the rule against misinformation and hate speech “may subject you to damages, including liquidated damages of $2,500.00 U.S. dollars per violation, which may be debited directly from your PayPal account,” the company warns. In a user agreement, account holders accept and attest that the penalty is “presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal’s actual damages” due to the expense the firm incurs by accounting for the violations as well as damage to its reputation.
“Under existing law, PayPal has the ability as a private company to implement this type of viewpoint-discriminatory policy,” Aaron Terr, a senior program officer at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, told the Daily Wire. “Whatever motivation PayPal has for establishing these vague new categories of prohibited expression, they will almost certainly have a severe chilling effect on users’ speech.
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Go woke. Go broke. PayPal needs to be put out of business by real Americans.
A fancy way of saying they are stealing people’s money.
New rules allow them to stalk you on websites.
I only use paypal to buy things. Anyone using paypal to sell something that agrees with these terms is stooooooopid.
One would think that many people here would cancel Pay Pal.
I quit using them a long time ago, but credit card companies aren’t any better.
I avoid PayPal like the plaque. It’s actually easy to avoid using.
Exactly, because anything identifiable in any context to you gets you these penalties, even when not using PayPal.
They have your bank account and/or credit card information.
It’s not like they will fine people who don’t like pedophiles, right???
Haven’t used it in at least 10 years. Something just didn’t seem right. Maybe I was overreacting, but maybe not.
Does this basically mean they can zap a connected credit card by $2500 for identifying as being opposed to DC official decrees? I usually transfer a thousand or a year via their service. That is all in the past now.
I do believe we’ve fought a few bloody wars over this sh!t.
Except that you agreed to the terms.
November 3? What a coincidence. Expect massive voter fraud ala 2020 but now you’ll have to pay the piper for reporting so. Anyone got a spare printing press laying around?
Doesn’t sound like they’re actually anyone’s “pal”
I’m confused. What portion of Paypal is a forum for you to post info? Are they talking about messages between you and someone you’re having a PayPal transaction with, s buyer or seller?
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