PayPal can still fine users $2,500 for promoting ‘intolerance’ despite its backtrack on ‘misinformation.’
Mind Matters As it turns out, PayPal has in place another dystopian financial censorship policy that enacts similar fines for those it deems bigots or hatemongers. Law professor Eugene Volokh exposed the PayPal policy, which again authorizes $2,500 fines (taken directly out of your bank account) for “activities that … relate to … the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory” in the “sole discretion” of, yup, PayPal.
This is, of course, entirely subjective. Anyone with mildly right-of-center viewpoints on topics ranging from affirmative action to climate change to religious liberty to abortion has, at one point or another, faced shrieks of “bigot!” from some progressive opponents. A company setting itself up to rob users of thousands of dollars for subjectively perceived speech crimes is not just dystopian, but also in grotesque violation of its users’ financial privacy and the trust that has been placed in the company by millions of hard-working people.
Cancel culture irony: thousands boycott PayPal for threatening users with $2500 ‘misinformation’ fine”
LifeSiteNews According to PayPal’s list of ‘prohibited activities,’ users can be fined $2,500 if any of their transactions relate to or involve ‘intolerance that is discriminatory,’ ‘the promotion of hate,’ and ‘items that are considered obscene.’
While PayPal has walked back its threat to fine users $2,500 for “misinformation,” the payment processing 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 of this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a violation of the PayPal User Agreement and 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(s).”
According to PayPal’s list of “prohibited activities,” users can be fined $2,500 if any of their transactions relate to or involve “intolerance that is discriminatory,” “the promotion of hate,” and “items that are considered obscene.”
Not only is PayPal reserving the right to fine users based on broad and subjective terms but its “User Agreement” states that PayPal will fine users if it “believe[s]” they’ve engaged in a prohibited activity. “If we believe that you’ve engaged in any of these activities, we may take a number of actions to protect PayPal, its customers and others at any time in our sole discretion,” the PayPal User Agreement states.
h/t Marvin W
Rob R says
How insane can you get. This is just totalitarianism by fucking nerds (sorry for my French)
Look, when we elected Trump it didnt seem to fix anything it just made all the insane lefties even more insane….
Linda Rivera says
PayPal is SATANIC and EVIL.
PayPal are THIEVES. Is PayPal owned by billionaire George Soros or Communist China?
Martelson says
Clearly, PayPal and other woke companies need federal law firmly limiting their power to do things like this. I know, I know – not likely when Congress is always being circled by the lobby crowd.
Reader says
Does the “intolerance” that PayPal reserves their right to “fine” you $2,500 per instance for, include publicly questioning their huge spreads on their foreign exchange rates that must make them a fortune for their exorbitant spreads between buying and selling another currency?
BareNakedIslam says
Nope!
Az gal says
F*** PayPal. If I remember correctly, they were really pushing me to link my bank account with them instead of just my credit card, years ago.
Peter Traine says
How can PayPal legally fine anyone. I thought only Government enterties could fine you. This is nothing but Theft.
BareNakedIslam says
When they kicked BNI off their service, they held my balance (more than $3000) for 4 months before returning it to me, because buried in their TOS, it says they can hold your money for up to 180 days…even when it was their idea for you to leave.