Re: New PayPal rule: The company can take $2,500 from your account for sharing misinformation
"Embrace Woke Go Broke!" <[email protected]> Sun, 9 Oct 2022 22:45:03 +0200 (CEST)
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] wrote: > > Looks like it's time to cancel paypal. > I just deleted my cards from the paypal account. > A little less than a week before the midterm elections in November, a new PayPal account update will take effect that has sent the internet into an uproar and also drawn condemnation from PayPals former president David Marcus. Whats happening: PayPal is updating its acceptable use policy, with the update taking effect on November 3. You might say to yourself, well, I dont use my account with the financial services company for anything improper or illegal, so what do I have to worry about? Heres why that might not necessarily be true: PayPal says its expanding its existing list of prohibited activities to include the sending, posting, or publication of messages, content, or materials that meet certain criteria. The full details are explained right here, but PayPal is basically set to start levying a fine when users are found to have shared misinformation or promoted content thats deemed to be discriminatory or promoting hate. PayPal account update The list of prohibited activities is broader than that, but its especially the prohibition on sharing misinformation thats giving many people pause. Moreover, PayPal gives itself the right to debit $2,500 from your PayPal account for each violation of this new, expanded acceptable use policy. <https://i- cdn.embed.l y/1/display ?key=fd92eb bc52fc43fb9 8f69e50e7893c13&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F47z3bbqhzls91.jpg> Marcus, for his part, described this new policy as insanity. A tweet from him on Saturday, October 8, reads in part: A private company now gets to decide to take your money if you say something they disagree with. Venture capitalist David Sacks chimed in, in response to Marcus: Get your money out of PayPal right now. David Marcus @davidmarcus · Follow Its hard for me to openly criticize a company I used to love and gave so much to. But @PayPals new AUP goes against everything I believe in. A private company now gets to decide to take your money if you say something they disagree with. Insanity. https://paypalobjects.com/marketing/ua/pdf/US/en/acceptableuse- full-110322.pdf <https://web.archive.org/web/20220927223312/https://www.paypalob jects.com/marketing/ua/pdf/US/en/acceptableuse-full-110322.pdf> As word of this PayPal change began to spread over the weekend, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr described whats happening here as Orwellian. PayPal reserves the right to take your money if you post a message that PayPal decides is misinformation,' he tweeted. This is why it is so vital that state and federal legislatures pass laws that prohibit discrimination by tech companies and protect free speech. https://bgr.com/business/new-paypal-rule-the-company-can-take- 2500-from-your-account-for-sharing-misinformation/ -- The average millenial wokster has over $100,000.00 in credit card debt. Woksters are too lazy to work and have no money except for what they leech from their parents, trust funds, welfare, or do- gooder handouts. Many woksters sign their lives away for $600 a month and an EBT card, claiming they are mentally incompetent and cannot handle their own personal affairs. Individuals who voluntarily affirm that they are mentally incompetent should also forfeit their right to vote. Woksters have similar numbers to homosexuals and constitute perhaps 3% of the US population. What strategic business principle sees profit in this kind of market prospect? What reasonable consumer would support a business with woke philosophies and policies?