Boycott Paypal
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This week, Paypal suspended the accounts of the website Daily Sceptic, and the Free Speech Union. They refused to say why, except they "violated (Paypal's) policies. These are not flat-earth tinfoil-hat nutters, they are serious journalists offering an alternative to the mainstream media. No laws have been broken.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Lotusgone said:
This week, Paypal suspended the accounts of the website Daily Sceptic, and the Free Speech Union. They refused to say why, except they "violated (Paypal's) policies. These are not flat-earth tinfoil-hat nutters, they are serious journalists offering an alternative to the mainstream media. No laws have been broken.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Just because they have closed down some accounts they are accused of opposing free speech? Any other news on this other than the article on the Sceptic website? So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Always two sides to every story.
Challo said:
Lotusgone said:
This week, Paypal suspended the accounts of the website Daily Sceptic, and the Free Speech Union. They refused to say why, except they "violated (Paypal's) policies. These are not flat-earth tinfoil-hat nutters, they are serious journalists offering an alternative to the mainstream media. No laws have been broken.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Just because they have closed down some accounts they are accused of opposing free speech? Any other news on this other than the article on the Sceptic website? So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Always two sides to every story.
Lotusgone said:
Challo said:
Lotusgone said:
This week, Paypal suspended the accounts of the website Daily Sceptic, and the Free Speech Union. They refused to say why, except they "violated (Paypal's) policies. These are not flat-earth tinfoil-hat nutters, they are serious journalists offering an alternative to the mainstream media. No laws have been broken.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Just because they have closed down some accounts they are accused of opposing free speech? Any other news on this other than the article on the Sceptic website? So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Always two sides to every story.
Silvanus said:
Lotusgone said:
Challo said:
Lotusgone said:
This week, Paypal suspended the accounts of the website Daily Sceptic, and the Free Speech Union. They refused to say why, except they "violated (Paypal's) policies. These are not flat-earth tinfoil-hat nutters, they are serious journalists offering an alternative to the mainstream media. No laws have been broken.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Just because they have closed down some accounts they are accused of opposing free speech? Any other news on this other than the article on the Sceptic website? So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Always two sides to every story.
CloudStuff said:
Silvanus said:
Lotusgone said:
Challo said:
Lotusgone said:
This week, Paypal suspended the accounts of the website Daily Sceptic, and the Free Speech Union. They refused to say why, except they "violated (Paypal's) policies. These are not flat-earth tinfoil-hat nutters, they are serious journalists offering an alternative to the mainstream media. No laws have been broken.
So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Just because they have closed down some accounts they are accused of opposing free speech? Any other news on this other than the article on the Sceptic website? So there you have it. Paypal opposes free speech. I get by without using Paypal, others may consider doing so as well. Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
Always two sides to every story.
rigga said:
Lotusgone said:
Especially if they start trawling through your past social media posts and find something they don't like.
How can they even do that, can't see they would have any access.Lotusgone said:
We may be getting off the point.
There's a lot of cancel culture about at the moment. Are you happy for a bank to try to dictate what you should or shouldn't read? or think?
a private company doesn't want tThere's a lot of cancel culture about at the moment. Are you happy for a bank to try to dictate what you should or shouldn't read? or think?
ts using their services. i'm ok with that. do find another way to collect money.
This is an interesting one.
Big tech refusing service because of what someone says is a line that has been crossed and we should be careful. i.e. we should think as to whether letting big tech be the arbiter on things like this is actually the world that we want.
Yes, it should (just about) be OK for a company to choose who they do business with, but when the likes of facebook, twitter, or now paypal get to be the judge and jury(often with no form of recourse) all the while promoting division themselves elsewhere, then I think something is wrong. It's arguably much worse than the traditional media outlets who wore their biases for all to see.
Unfortunately, a few pistonheaders boycotting paypal is completely pointless and won't have any effect whatsoever.
Big tech refusing service because of what someone says is a line that has been crossed and we should be careful. i.e. we should think as to whether letting big tech be the arbiter on things like this is actually the world that we want.
Yes, it should (just about) be OK for a company to choose who they do business with, but when the likes of facebook, twitter, or now paypal get to be the judge and jury(often with no form of recourse) all the while promoting division themselves elsewhere, then I think something is wrong. It's arguably much worse than the traditional media outlets who wore their biases for all to see.
Unfortunately, a few pistonheaders boycotting paypal is completely pointless and won't have any effect whatsoever.
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