“Give me $2500 for spreading misinformation and I’ll consider keeping my account”
PayPal is reportedly offering account holders $15 to prevent them closing their accounts after the platform shamefully threatened to steal their money if they express the ‘wrong’ opinion.
PayPal announced that it would reserve the right to take up to $2500 from people’s accounts if they ‘spread hate’ or ‘misinformation’ – meaning opinions they dislike.
After a massive backlash, Paypal backtracked and then a narrative was created by so called ‘fact checkers’ that the entire thing never happened and Paypal never intended to fine people for wrong think, despite writing an entire policy update expressing an intent to do so:
Some had a counter proposal for PayPal:Others suggested taking the fifteen bucks and doing something positive with it:Knowing PayPal, there will be stipulations…Some report that they can’t even close their accounts:
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1 comment:
To be fair, it only applies to sellers of merchandise, not buyers. At least that's what my service agreement states on page 33 (of 60). A charge of $2500 can be applied to any seller that violates their terms of use, which includes the promotion of hate, of which they will be the sole determiners as to what constitutes 'hate'.
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