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   From: embrace.woke.go.broke@paypal.com   
      
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   governor.swill@gmail.com wrote:   
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   > Looks like it's time to cancel paypal.   
   > I just deleted my cards from the paypal account.   
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   UPDATE 5:18 p.m.: PayPal says we misunderstood them, and they’re   
   so sorry we got all riled up for no reason.“An AUP [acceptable   
   use policy] notice recently went out in error that included   
   incorrect information. PayPal is not fining people for   
   misinformation and this language was never intended to be   
   inserted in our policy,” a PayPal spokesperson told The Epoch   
   Times in an email. “Our teams are working to correct our policy   
   pages. We’re sorry for the confusion this has caused,” the   
   spokesperson added.   
      
   This wasn’t a mistake. PayPal issued their revised AUP policy in   
   September that included the stricture against “sending, posting,   
   or publication of any messages, content, or materials that, in   
   PayPal’s sole discretion, (a) are harmful, obscene, harassing,   
   or objectionable, etc.” If nobody had said anything, they would   
   have gone ahead with it.   
      
   Original story:   
      
   The financial services company PayPal announced a controversial   
   policy to deduct up to $2,500 from the accounts of users who   
   spread “misinformation.”   
      
   Beginning November 3, the company will expand its list of   
   “prohibited activities,” including “the sending, posting, or   
   publication of any messages, content, or materials” that   
   “promote misinformation” or “present a risk to user safety or   
   wellbeing.” Users will also be penalized for “the promotion of   
   hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is   
   discriminatory.”   
      
   The kicker is, PayPal decides what’s “hate” speech, what’s   
   “misinformation,” and what is “intolerant,” etc. Somehow, I   
   don’t think their notion of “misinformation” would match yours   
   or mine.   
      
   It’s apparently very expensive to oppress points of view the   
   company disagrees with.   
      
   Daily Wire:   
      
   Deliberations will be made at the “sole discretion” of PayPal   
   and may subject the user to “damages” — including the removal of   
   $2,500 “debited directly from your PayPal account.” The   
   company’s user agreement contains a provision in which account   
   holders acknowledge that the figure is “presently a reasonable   
   minimum estimate of PayPal’s actual damages” due to the   
   administrative cost of tracking violations and damage to the   
   company’s reputation.   
      
   “Administrative costs” of $2,500 being a “reasonable minimum   
   estimate” of damages? Haven’t these guys ever heard of the   
   “internet”? Here’s a PayPal joke for you: How many PayPal   
   employees does it take to do an internet search for violent   
   language from one user? Answer: Whatever they say it is.   
      
   “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, explained to 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. As is often the   
   case with ill-defined and viewpoint-discriminatory speech codes,   
   those with unpopular or minority viewpoints will likely bear the   
   brunt of these restrictions.”   
      
   Platforms such as Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook have formerly   
   censored conservatives and others who subscribe to heterodox   
   positions on controversial social issues, including   
   transgenderism and homosexuality. GoFundMe seized millions in   
   funds raised for trucker protests in Canada earlier this year,   
   while Google recently began suppressing search results for   
   crisis pregnancy centers.   
      
   “These kinds of policies are unwise, threaten free speech, and   
   invite legal risk,” Jeremy Tedesco, vice president of corporate   
   engagement at Alliance Defending Freedom, told The Daily Wire.   
   “When companies apply policies to restrict the religious speech   
   of their customers, they could run afoul of prohibitions on   
   religious discrimination that exist in many state and federal   
   laws.”   
      
   This is why the left is terrified of someone like Elon Musk   
      
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