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2022 - 9 - 24

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PayPal vs Toby Young isn't about free speech – it's about the free ... (New Statesman)

If a bakery doesn't have to bake a gay cake, why can't PayPal withhold its services from someone spreading vaccine disinformation?

Young denies he is anti-vax or that he has ever published misinformation, telling the Times that while the Daily Sceptic does “have reservations about the efficacy and safety” of Covid vaccines “we do not take a position on whether people should take them or not, but encourage them to do their own risk assessments”. The decision is also not as dramatic as Young – whose career has relied on over-egging his strife like a put-upon puppy – makes out. Those examples seem to have little explanation, unlike the banning of Young’s accounts, which have been pinned to allegations that he spread misinformation. He also does not believe this could have been why the accounts were closed: “If The Daily Sceptic is guilty of that sin… The R value of false information discouraging people from taking up the offer of perfectly safe vaccines outstrips that of the virus that has killed, to date, 6.5 million people. On the face of it, this sounds like a troubling development.

PayPal is trying to silence us (Spiked)

At UsForThem, the children's welfare group I co-founded during the pandemic, it was an escalation we had seen coming. Three weeks ago, on 1 September, the ...

Regardless of what one may think of the organisations PayPal has targeted, all this marks a dangerous development. It threatens to further shrink the parameters of public debate. PayPal has taken the same punitive action against several other prominent campaigning and journalistic groups in the UK, from the Free Speech Union to the Law or Fiction lawyers group. Due to the nature of your activities, we have chosen to discontinue service to you in accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement. But as we tried to do just that, we were greeted with a further blocking message telling us that PayPal would be holding on to our funds for a further 180 days, while it decided whether or not to extract any ‘damages’. ‘If you have a remaining balance, you may withdraw the money to your bank account’, it read.

PayPal forced to backtrack in clash over free speech (The Times)

PayPal has been accused of “blatant” political discrimination after the accounts of two more Covid lockdown sceptics were closed.The service was poised to ...

PayPal Partners With GIIN, Telus, Visa on Impact Investing Project (pymnts.com)

PayPal and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) have teamed to launch a corporate impact investing initiative, along with Telus and the Visa ...

By working with impact investors, companies can discover new possibilities to help build a sustainable, just, and inclusive future.” The GIIN Initiative helps corporations get involved with impact investing using their own financial assets and capabilities. They will then collaborate to produce a landscape report, according to the release. The group has issued an open invitation to companies to engage and contribute. 22) The corporate impact investing initiative is being launched by PayPal and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), along with the Telus Pollinator Fund for Good and the Visa Foundation, according to a Thursday (Sept.

PayPal shuts accounts of more lockdown scepticsClick to add title (GB News)

US payments giant PayPal has been accused of “blatant” political discrimination after the accounts of two more Covid lockdown sceptics were closed.

Where is the driver? “You become an outcast and it’s not a pleasant thing. Molly Kingsley, the founder of UsForThem, said that the group had not been able to access its funds since the account was closed on September 1.

Jack Dee closes Paypal account after online payments giant cancels ... (Daily Mail)

The stand-up comedian, 60, accused the Californian company of bullying customers after it also shut the account of UsForThem - which campaigned to keep ...

Mr Young used it to receive payments from European magazines. Co-founder of Us For Them Molly Kingsley (pictured) said the group who campaigned for schools to stay open during Covid were 'taken aback' by PayPal's decision to cancel their account which had donations in it Jack Dee (pictured) 60, accused the Californian company of bullying customers after it also shut the account of UsForThem - which campaigned to keep schools open during Covid The stand-up comedian, 60, accused the Californian company of bullying customers after it also shut the account of UsForThem - which campaigned to keep schools open during Covid. Elon Musk (pictured), who made millions from the sale of PayPal to eBay, has since been trying to purchase Twitter in a bid to promote 'free speech' Comedian Jack Dee has closed his PayPal account after it cancelled the accounts of the Free Speech Union and a parents group which fought to keep schools open during

PayPal (PYPL) Stock: $123 Target And Outperform Rating (Pulse 2.0)

The shares of PayPal (PYPL) recently received a $123 price target from Raymond James. These are the details.