Paypal close accounts

[Barry]

This is still very much in the news and Paypal can discriminate against people for their politics as they are based in Luxembourg, with their HQ in the USA. If they were based in the UK they could not discriminate for that reason.

I closed my account 3 days ago. It is no loss as other payment options are almost always available.

[Barry]

Paypal close accounts of the "Free Speech Union", Toby Young and the "Daily Sceptic".

As we know, Paypal is not in any way a political organisation. So, it must be against their terms and conditions.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/20/paypal-shuts-accounts-free-speech-union/

A spokesman for PayPal said it could not comment on individual customers, but said that PayPal "regularly assesses activity against our long-standing Acceptable Use Policy and will discontinue our relationship with account holders who are found to violate our policies".

He added: "Achieving the balance between protecting the ideals of tolerance, diversity and respect for people of all backgrounds and upholding the values of free expression and open dialogue can be difficult, but we do our best to achieve it."