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Board Economics
Re: Paypal could be banned from blocking accounts for political reasons (UK)
by
cabron
on 27/09/2022, 16:32:40 UTC
I don’t think PayPal blocked those accounts for political reasons. PayPal being a private organization has its set rules and if one party or individual breaks those rules, the organization has a right to deal with such adequately as they see fit.
The same could be said in the case of former president Donald Trump. His supporters, most of them republicans and conservatives argued that the twitter ban placed on his account is politically motivated and a move to mute him and free speech in general. Multiple times, he broke the rules and terms he agreed to when he signed up on twitter.
So PayPal might just be blocking accounts that has breached the terms and agreement and people would then scream political persecution.

There had been many example of these though.  1. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/04/uofx-m04.html
But Gofundme was once used also where they take down some pages of political movement.

There was even some discussions here about the Canada Truckers account were censored not just their crypto wallet. PayPal is political which is why some countries even today in 2022 has no access to Paypal.

Calling for ban from blocking the accounts will allow political movement to be funded. But with this approved, there will be a lot of political protest that will happen across the globe. You can expect that to happen while they defund the police.