PayPal recently updated their policy so that if a user was caught spreading “misinformation” they could be fined up to $2,500, withdrawn from their PayPal account. Since news broke they have retracted, or plan to retract, said policy.
I use PayPal and Venmo often for many online transactions. Never had any issues with either app. However after this, retraction or not, I immediately deleted both accounts. Who is PayPal to decide what is misinformation, and how are they tracking what it’s users share? To some the answer to those questions may be obvious. Either way, I can not in good faith continue to do business with either of these applications. It will be slightly inconvenient (maybe?) but I feel it is the right thing to do. I hope you will join me and the thousands of people who have quit using their service.
Private companies are not allowed to moderate speech and the simple fact that this was even attempted should be met with a swift, significant loss of revenue.
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I use PayPal and Venmo often for many online transactions. Never had any issues with either app. However after this, retraction or not, I immediately deleted both accounts. Who is PayPal to decide what is misinformation, and how are they tracking what it’s users share? To some the answer to those questions may be obvious. Either way, I can not in good faith continue to do business with either of these applications. It will be slightly inconvenient (maybe?) but I feel it is the right thing to do. I hope you will join me and the thousands of people who have quit using their service.
Private companies are not allowed to moderate speech and the simple fact that this was even attempted should be met with a swift, significant loss of revenue.
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