PayPal and their "mistake"

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout “everything woke goes to shit”…who said that?

@Theyitis If you use PayPal to keep, receive, and send funds and they *consider* you as engaging in or promoting misinformation, they can have the power to penalize you by fining you $1,500. They should not be able to do this regardless of whether you use their platform to "send, post, or publicize" any content that they consider to be false, misleading or disagreeable in some way.

It's really that simple.

@SW-User They should be able to charge you a fee if and only if you use their platform to spread content that they consider misinformation. They could charge you that fee to use their platform to spread any content at all, regardless of whether or not it was misinformation because it’s their platform they’re letting you use, for a fee. Look at it as they’re charging that fee for using their platform but they’ll agree to waive that fee if they like what you say.

I agree that they don’t have the right to charge you for content you may share outside of their platform, but I highly doubt that that’s what they were trying to do.

@Theyitis
I've heard broken records that sound less repetitive than you.

You are "using" their platform if you send and receive funds on their platform. If you are someone who sends and receives funds on PayPal and they don't like your content, they would like to punish you by charging you what most people view as a large sum of money.

Examples of exchanging or promoting what they view as "misinformation" may not be exclusive to their platform, as people don't ordinarily use PayPal for communication. It's a financial transaction platform, not a place for people to congregate or go to to express their views.

PayPal has already penalized people by trying to stop them from using their platform (example: Toby Young), but this is the first time they have sought to impose financial penalties on all users who say things they don't like. This type of action would be unusual for any privately owned internet company, lol.

@Slade won't happen as many states get paid from Paypal

@MarineBob if they actually try stealing someone's $ they are done. States will find another big donor to collect money (they certainly won't forget about it)

@akindheart go ahead and delete it

They need to be taught a lesson.

@akindheart I think if they give notice it’s like you give them permission but bullshit on that. Nobody should be authorized to dip into your account for such crap.

@Tminus6453 I know!

I've cancelled mine too.

@Glassysky let's hope

@Torsten I sooooooooooooo hope so!