{"id":1714013,"date":"2022-10-27T17:18:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T21:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714013"},"modified":"2022-10-27T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T21:19:11","slug":"no-paypal-didnt-bring-back-its-2500-misinformation-penalty-but-they-still-may-fine-you-for-other-concerning-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-paypal-didnt-bring-back-its-2500-misinformation-penalty-but-they-still-may-fine-you-for-other-concerning-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"No, PayPal Didn\u2019t Bring Back Its $2,500 Misinformation Penalty, But They Still May Fine You For Other Concerning Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-paypal-didnt-bring-back-its-2500-misinformation-penalty-but-they-still-may-fine-you-for-other-concerning-reasons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Social media users are circulating incorrect reports which claim that <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/paypal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PayPal<\/a> brought back a retracted attempt to sanction users $2,500 for spreading \u201cmisinformation\u201d through the platform, as highlighted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-paypal-policy-lets-company-pull-2500-from-users-accounts-if-they-promote-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>PayPal, which has deplatformed multiple organizations and commentators for their political views, had released an upcoming change to its acceptable use policy that would have banned the promotion of \u201cmisinformation,\u201d as well as \u201chate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory.\u201d Within one day of The Daily Wire reporting on the policy change, PayPal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/paypal-reverses-plan-to-fine-users-2500-for-misinformation-after-daily-wire-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that the guidelines were published \u201cin error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing a provision in the PayPal user agreement, <a href=\"https:\/\/gritdaily.com\/pr-crisis-paypal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/beckernews.com\/fact-checkers-called-it-misinformation-but-paypal-sneaked-2500-fines-on-users-back-into-its-terms-of-service-47639\/\">reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latestly.com\/socially\/world\/icymi-paypal-has-reinstated-its-2500-fine-for-misinformation-latest-tweet-by-disclose-tv-4383722.html\">claimed<\/a> that the policy has been quietly reinstated. However, neither the user agreement nor the acceptable use policy has been amended to include the nixed provisions, according to a review of internet archives conducted by The Daily Wire, which also confirmed the findings with a PayPal spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/webapps\/mpp\/ua\/useragreement-full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user agreement<\/a> had already enumerated that $2,500 sanctions can be applied to accounts found in violation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/legalhub\/acceptableuse-full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acceptable use policy<\/a>. The company says that the amount is a \u201creasonable minimum estimate\u201d for actual damages induced by internal administrative costs to monitor violations, damage to brand reputation, and penalties from business partners.<\/p>\n<p>The acceptable use policy currently bans users from using PayPal for activities which involve various legal infractions, such as infringement of trademarks, sale of narcotics or stolen goods, and certain types of weapons. However, PayPal also retains the \u201csole discretion\u201d to take action against \u201citems that are considered obscene,\u201d certain \u201cfirearm parts or accessories,\u201d or \u201cthe promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the user agreement lists the spreading of \u201cfalse, inaccurate or misleading information\u201d as a restricted activity and has done so for at least <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ZySjp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eight years<\/a>. Those who conduct their business in a manner that results in or could result in \u201ccomplaints\u201d may also incur the $2,500 penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond denying that the misinformation penalty was ever meant to be enforced, PayPal justified the move by noting that the company has long withdrawn $2,500 from users\u2019 accounts after each violation of the acceptable use policy. After seven members of the Senate noted in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senators-confront-paypal-on-misinformation-policy-highlighted-by-daily-wire-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman that the current list of prohibited activities largely entails breaches of law, they added that \u201ca vague prohibition on spreading \u2018misinformation\u2019 not only would have concerningly expanded the scope of punishable actions, but also would have decreased clarity and increased subjectivity\u201d within the prohibited activities list.<\/p>\n<p>PayPal trended on social media after the new acceptable use policy gained nationwide attention earlier this month, leading thousands of customers to express their disdain for the move and cancel their accounts. The company\u2019s stock price <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-paypal-stock-plummets-after-daily-wire-report-exposes-shocking-misinformation-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fell precipitously<\/a> in trading as the unease among consumers appeared to startle investors.<\/p>\n<p>Other platforms, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-end-of-conservative-books-amazon-quietly-bans-books-they-deem-offensive-hate-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/allie-beth-stuckey-suspended-from-twitter-after-challenging-fox-news-segment-that-went-viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meta-doubles-down-after-zuckerberg-reveals-how-facebook-censored-hunter-biden-laptop-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook,<\/a> have sanctioned conservatives over their positions on controversial social issues, including transgenderism, vaccine mandates, and homosexuality. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/what-gofundmes-trucker-convoy-targeting-says-about-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> seized millions raised for trucker protests in Canada earlier this year, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-senator-happy-about-getting-google-to-suppress-crisis-pregnancy-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> recently began suppressing search results for crisis pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users are circulating incorrect reports which claim that PayPal brought back a retracted attempt to sanction users $2,500 for spreading \u201cmisinformation\u201d through the platform, as highlighted by a report from The Daily Wire. PayPal, which has deplatformed multiple organizations and commentators for their political views, had released an upcoming change to its acceptable &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1714021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}