PayPal froze accounts of progressive journalists who criticize Putin’s war
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1. Paypal is detrimental to civil liberties:
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1. Paypal is detrimental to civil liberties:
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1. PayPal has a history [littered](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Criticism) with power-abusing payment blockades that are often politically motivated to benefit right-wing agendas. E.g.:
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1. PayPal has a history [littered](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Criticism) with power-abusing payment blockades that are often politically motivated to benefit right-wing agendas. E.g.:
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1. PayPal [froze accounts for left-wing journalists (Consortium News & MintPress)][frozemedia] apparently to hinder critics of Putin’s war in Ukraine.
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1. PayPal [blocked Iraq War resisters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Criticism).
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1. PayPal [blocked Iraq War resisters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Criticism).
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1. PayPal [blocked Wikileaks](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/12/07/visa-mastercard-move-to-choke-wikileaks).
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1. PayPal [blocked Wikileaks](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/12/07/visa-mastercard-move-to-choke-wikileaks).
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1. PayPal [blocked](https://www.economist.com/europe/2015/05/13/boris-nemtsovs-parting-shot) an account intended to raise money for the distribution of Boris Nemtsov's report "Putin. War", which details Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
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1. PayPal [blocked](https://www.economist.com/europe/2015/05/13/boris-nemtsovs-parting-shot) an account intended to raise money for the distribution of Boris Nemtsov's report "Putin. War", which details Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
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[//]: # (www.cnet.com uses the CF DNS which enables it to quickly proxy via CF, We're not going to babysit which IP range is pointed to, so the link is via the Wayback Machine)
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[//]: # (www.cnet.com uses the CF DNS which enables it to quickly proxy via CF, We're not going to babysit which IP range is pointed to, so the link is via the Wayback Machine)
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[//]: # (CloudFlare hosts related to links herein: blog.consumeraffairs.com, shop.economist.com, store.forbes.com)
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[//]: # (CloudFlare hosts related to links herein: blog.consumeraffairs.com, shop.economist.com, store.forbes.com)
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[//]: # (to do: paypal breaches: https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/protectingfinancialstability/timeline)
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[//]: # (to do: paypal breaches: https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/protectingfinancialstability/timeline)
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[frozemedia]: <https://www.massnews.com/paypal-seizes-alternative-media-sites-money-analysis/>
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