The UK government has vowed to block PayPal from banning users over their political views, following the far-left company’s recent decision to terminate the accounts of several high profile groups.
Although PayPal has been banning independent creators for years, its recent move to terminate accounts operated by the Free Speech Union and other groups in the UK that opposed lockdowns and jab mandates has been a step too far.
Summit.news reports: Following the controversy, dozens of Conservative Party MPs, including Michael Gove, David Davis and Sir Iain Duncan Smith, signed an open letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Business Department demanding that PayPal be legally barred from imposing discriminatory practices.
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The letter asserts that it is “hard to avoid construing PayPal’s actions as an orchestrated, politically motivated move to silence critical or dissenting views on these topics within the U.K.”
This morning, the London Times also published a powerful piece by Jawad Iqbal which highlighted the dangers of allowing PayPal to abuse such powers.
“This is censorship by corporate diktat: the company sets its own rules and interprets them as it sees fit. It appears oblivious to the notion that it is wrong in principle to withdraw vital services from people because of their political views. Would it be acceptable for a supermarket to refuse to serve a customer because of their politics or for a high street bank to refuse to make a payment to a company it deemed politically objectionable?” asked Iqbal.
After questions were asked in Parliament about the issue, a new law could be on the cards that would put an end to PayPal’s crusade against dissident viewpoints.
“Conservative backbenchers are considering launching an amendment to upcoming financial legislation in the House of Commons that would ban companies from freezing campaigners’ accounts,” reports the Telegraph.
“One source said ministers are likely to accept the amendment to the law because Conservative backbenchers will support it.”
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has also demanded answers from PayPal.
The familiar old argument from leftists, who apparently now vehemently support monopolistic transnational corporations using their might and vast resources to impose censorship, is that “PayPal is a private company and can ban who it wants.”
However, at least in the UK, that isn’t strictly true.
PayPal is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which mandates “All firms must be able to show consistently that fair treatment of customers is at the heart of their business model.”
Fair treatment of customers clearly isn’t at the heart of PayPal’s business model, it’s literally the exact opposite.
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
An old friend almost 100 now warned me years ago that a European relation, a scientist who had worked early in developing the Internet and all of those entities that inhabit its dominions warned her that it was pure evil in all of its intentions.
YOUR entities have ZERO dominion and their evil is powerless just as are your clashed rantings
Boycotting big business has caused huge share losses for several large businesses this year and it would be a double whammy for ebay owned PayPal.
paypal is unwillingly? washing MOB money for pay off`s and coverup dispatcher-SS
It’s obvious PayPal is hooked in to and functions like the Government.
FLASH MOB-SS get payed offt of paypal hit&RUN drivers BAD cops KIlroys in every shape and form know to man.Since CB radios open mics earth mics thermal scanners ELF sound cannons microwave cannons satelite either net since 1960 NOw they just wire the money no paper trail to trail back to the mobsters in the country illegally as HITMAN.65 years of this opened battle feild -SS drive through the wall shot you in the front yard kill everyone you ever knew is nothing new the ONE% is crazy as the hell they build here and the drugs they push
WTF ever happened to the FCC or the fed trade commission or being even allowed to have a real identity and BIRTH RIGHT of a trillionare
Nah use Pay pal to doff the banano hughes or take out the I75 north bridge and cover your tassy-SS
Just send money every FN where get this MF DOA billions spent still here MF-ter-ss
Where the fluct is our sniper stevie paddock DOA WTF