PayPal decides fining people $2,500 for 'misinformation' wasn't a great idea
the Republican-appointed FCC commissioner Brendan Carr."Paypal reserves the right to take your money if you post a message that Paypal decides is 'misinformation.'
Both Florida and Texas have passed such laws, which have been criticized by legal scholars for forcing the distribution of lawful but awful speech upon businesses, in violation of their free speech rights. The laws have also elicited mixed messages from federal appeals courts, ensuring the matter will head to the US Supreme Court.
PayPal's retreat may calm the chattering classes for the time being but its existing policy could be construed to say the same thing. The active PayPal AUP says any violation of the policy amounts to a User Agreement violation that"may subject you to damages, including liquidated damages of $2,500.00 US dollars per violation, which may be debited directly from your PayPal account as outlined in the User Agreement.
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